PAG-Agent

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A biologist-oriented research assistant for context-aware pathway analysis, prioritization, and interpretation.

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💬 Chat with Your Data

Analyze and interpret bulk or single-cell RNA-seq data through simple conversations. From data preprocessing and differential expression analysis to pathway analysis, integrative analysis, and post-analysis tasks, PAG-Agent streamlines the end-to-end transcriptomic analysis workflow.

📚 Trustworthy Biological Insights

Access gene and pathway annotations, retrieve relevant scientific references, generate biological hypotheses, refine academic writing, and more through lightweight retrieval and in-context learning strategies that enhance the reliability of AI-generated responses.

🧬 Discover What Truly Matters

PAG-Agent introduces context-aware Over-Representation Analysis (cORA) that prioritizes biologically meaningful pathways using study-specific context rather than statistical significance alone.

How to Cite

@misc{nguyen2026pagagent,
author = {Nguyen, Quang-Huy and Zhang, Zeru and Le, Duc-Hau and Chen, Jake Y. and Ku, Wei-Shinn and Chen, Hao and Yue, Zongliang},
title = {{PAG-Agent: a biologist-oriented research assistant for context-aware pathway-level analysis and interpretation}},
archivePrefix = {BioRxiv},
year = {2026},
url={https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.02.729674v1},
publisher = {Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory},
}

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PAG-Agent is a component of PAGER, developed through a collaboration among researchers from Auburn University (AU), the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST), and other partner institutions.

Quang-Huy Nguyen

Lead Developer, Maintainer

AU

Zhandos Sembay

IT Supporter

UAB

Duc-Hau Le

Co-PI

HUST

Jake Y. Chen

Co-PI

UAB

Hao Chen

Co-PI

AU

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