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ArticleHuman heredity2014

Analysis of gene-gene interactions using gene-trait similarity regression.

Xin Wang, Michael P Epstein, Jung-Ying Tzeng

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Article in Human heredity, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 authors.

Xin WangBioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C., USA.
Michael P Epstein
Jung-Ying Tzeng

Funding

Statistical Methods for Cancer Clinical TrialsP01CA142538 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI KOSOROK, MICHAEL R · 2010 to 2019
$21.3M
Genome-wide Haplotype Association Analysis in Mental DisordersR01MH084022 · NIMH · NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY RALEIGH · PI TZENG, JUNG-YING · 2009 to 2011
$1.1M
Enhanced Gene Identification in Complex Traits Using Kernel MachinesR01HG007508 · NHGRI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI EPSTEIN, MICHAEL PHILIP · 2013 to 2015
$1.0M
Replication of Schizophrenia Associations in CATIER01MH074027 · NIMH · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI SULLIVAN, PATRICK F · 2006 to 2007
$715k
NCI NIH HHS P01 CA142538NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG007508NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH074027NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH084022
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveGene-gene interactions (G×G) are important to study because of their extensiveness in biological systems and their potential in explaining missing heritability of complex traits. In this work, we propose a new similarity-based test to assess G×G at the gene level, which permits the study of epistasis at biologically functional units with amplified interaction signals.

methodsUnder the framework of gene-trait similarity regression (SimReg), we propose a gene-based test for detecting G×G. SimReg uses a regression model to correlate trait similarity with genotypic similarity across a gene. Unlike existing gene-level methods based on leading principal components (PCs), SimReg summarizes all information on genotypic variation within a gene and can be used to assess the joint/interactive effects of two genes as well as the effect of one gene conditional on another.

resultsUsing simulations and a real data application to the Warfarin study, we show that the SimReg G×G tests have satisfactory power and robustness under different genetic architecture when compared to existing gene-based interaction tests such as PC analysis or partial least squares. A genome-wide association study with approx. 20,000 genes may be completed on a parallel computing system in 2 weeks.

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Epistasis, GeneticModels, GeneticPolymorphism, Single NucleotideRegression AnalysisAlgorithmsComputer SimulationGenotypeHumansPrincipal Component Analysis

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PMID24969398
PMCPMC4115296

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