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Such data present a unique opportunity to study cell\u2013cell interactions and the signaling genes that mediate them. However, most current methods for the analysis of these data focus on unsupervised descriptive modeling, making it hard to identify key signaling genes and quantitatively assess their impact.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We developed a Mixture of Experts for Spatial Signaling genes Identification (MESSI) method to identify active signaling genes within and between cells. The mixture of experts strategy enables MESSI to subdivide cells into subtypes. MESSI relies on multi-task learning using information from neighboring cells to improve the prediction of response genes within a cell. 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