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ArticlePLoS computational biology2017

Imputation for transcription factor binding predictions based on deep learning.

Qian Qin, Jianxing Feng

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Article in PLoS computational biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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40 citing papers in PubMed, 112 citations in OpenAlex.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Qian QinDepartment of Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Jianxing FengDepartment of Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4180-3323
Tongji University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding the cell-specific binding patterns of transcription factors (TFs) is fundamental to studying gene regulatory networks in biological systems, for which ChIP-seq not only provides valuable data but is also considered as the gold standard. Despite tremendous efforts from the scientific community to conduct TF ChIP-seq experiments, the available data represent only a limited percentage of ChIP-seq experiments, considering all possible combinations of TFs and cell lines. In this study, we demonstrate a method for accurately predicting cell-specific TF binding for TF-cell line combinations based on only a small fraction (4%) of the combinations using available ChIP-seq data. The proposed model, termed TFImpute, is based on a deep neural network with a multi-task learning setting to borrow information across transcription factors and cell lines. Compared with existing methods, TFImpute achieves comparable accuracy on TF-cell line combinations with ChIP-seq data; moreover, TFImpute achieves better accuracy on TF-cell line combinations without ChIP-seq data. This approach can predict cell line specific enhancer activities in K562 and HepG2 cell lines, as measured by massively parallel reporter assays, and predicts the impact of SNPs on TF binding.

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Machine LearningBinding SitesChromatin ImmunoprecipitationHep G2 CellsHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansK562 CellsNeural Networks, ComputerProtein BindingProtein Interaction MappingReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificityTranscription FactorsTranscription Factors

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PMCPMC5345877
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