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ArticleScientific reports2017

Discovering Condition-Specific Gene Co-Expression Patterns Using Gaussian Mixture Models: A Cancer Case Study.

Stephen P Ficklin, Leland J Dunwoodie, William L Poehlman, Christopher Watson, Kimberly E Roche, F Alex Feltus

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Stephen P FicklinDepartment of Horticulture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA. stephen.ficklin@wsu.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-9138-6292
Leland J DunwoodieDepartment of Genetics & Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29631, USA.
William L PoehlmanDepartment of Genetics & Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29631, USA.
Christopher WatsonMolecular Plant Sciences Program, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164, USA.
Kimberly E RocheDepartment of Genetics & Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29631, USA.
F Alex FeltusDepartment of Genetics & Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29631, USA. ffeltus@clemson.edu.

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Abstract

A gene co-expression network (GCN) describes associations between genes and points to genetic coordination of biochemical pathways. However, genetic correlations in a GCN are only detectable if they are present in the sampled conditions. With the increasing quantity of gene expression samples available in public repositories, there is greater potential for discovery of genetic correlations from a variety of biologically interesting conditions. However, even if gene correlations are present, their discovery can be masked by noise. Noise is introduced from natural variation (intrinsic and extrinsic), systematic variation (caused by sample measurement protocols and instruments), and algorithmic and statistical variation created by selection of data processing tools. A variety of published studies, approaches and methods attempt to address each of these contributions of variation to reduce noise. Here we describe an approach using Gaussian Mixture Models (GMMs) to address natural extrinsic (condition-specific) variation during network construction from mixed input conditions. To demonstrate utility, we build and analyze a condition-annotated GCN from a compendium of 2,016 mixed gene expression data sets from five tumor subtypes obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas. Our results show that GMMs help discover tumor subtype specific gene co-expression patterns (modules) that are significantly enriched for clinical attributes.

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Gene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGene Regulatory NetworksAlgorithmsGene Expression ProfilingGene OntologyHumansModels, GeneticNeoplasmsNormal DistributionReproducibility of Results

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