blisa: Infer Cell-Cell Communication from Spatial Transcriptomics

Identifies cell-cell communication hotspots in spatial transcriptomics data using bivariate Local Moran's I statistics on hexagonally binned cells. Provides functions for spatial weighting, ligand-receptor pair filtering, hotspot detection, and visualisation of sender-receiver cell-type interactions.

Version: 0.2.0
Imports: sf, spdep, Matrix, SpatialExperiment, SummarizedExperiment, ComplexHeatmap, ggplot2, viridisLite, grid
Suggests: knitr, rmarkdown
Published: 2026-06-02
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.blisa (may not be active yet)
Author: Yunshun Chen [aut, cre], Lei Qin [aut], Lizhong Chen [aut]
Maintainer: Yunshun Chen <yuchen at wehi.edu.au>
License: GPL (≥ 3)
NeedsCompilation: no
Materials: README
CRAN checks: blisa results

Documentation:

Reference manual: blisa.html , blisa.pdf
Vignettes: BLISA Workflow (source, R code)

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Package source: blisa_0.2.0.tar.gz
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