CellChat (version 1.0.0)

identifyOverExpressedLigandReceptor: Identify over-expressed ligands and (complex) receptors associated with each cell group

Description

This function identifies the over-expressed ligands and (complex) receptors based on the identified signaling genes from 'identifyOverExpressedGenes'.

Usage

identifyOverExpressedLigandReceptor(
  object,
  features.name = "features",
  features = NULL,
  return.object = TRUE
)

Arguments

object

CellChat object

features.name

a char name used for storing the over-expressed ligands and receptors in `[e-mail][[paste0(features.name, ".LR")]]`

features

a vector of features to use. default use all over-expressed genes in `[e-mail][[features.name]]`

return.object

whether returning a CellChat object. If FALSE, it will return a data frame containing over-expressed ligands and (complex) receptors associated with each cell group

Value

A CellChat object or a data frame. If returning a CellChat object, a new element named paste0(features.name, ".LR") will be added into the list `[e-mail]`