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ArticleJournal of biomedical informatics2018

Heritable genotype contrast mining reveals novel gene associations specific to autism subgroups.

Matt Spencer, Nicole Takahashi, Sounak Chakraborty, Judith Miles, Chi-Ren Shyu

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Article in Journal of biomedical informatics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Exploratory Data Mining for Subgroup Cohort Discoveries and Prioritization.IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Matt SpencerInformatics Institute, University of Missouri, 241 Naka Hall, Columbia, MO 65211, USA. Electronic address: mcsgx2@mail.missouri.edu.
Nicole TakahashiThompson Center for Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders, University of Missouri, 205 Portland St, Columbia, MO 65211, USA. Electronic address: takahashin@health.missouri.edu.
Sounak ChakrabortyDepartment of Statistics, University of Missouri, 146 Middlebush Hall, Columbia, MO 65211, USA. Electronic address: chakrabortys@missouri.edu.
Judith MilesThompson Center for Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders, University of Missouri, 205 Portland St, Columbia, MO 65211, USA; Department of Child Health, School of Medicine, MA204 Medical Sciences Building, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65212, USA. Electronic address: milesjh@health.missouri.edu.
Chi-Ren ShyuInformatics Institute, University of Missouri, 241 Naka Hall, Columbia, MO 65211, USA; Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Missouri, 201 Naka Hall, Columbia, MO 65211, USA; School of Medicine, University of Missouri, MA204 Medical Sciences Building, Columbia, MO 65212, USA. Electronic address: shyuc@missouri.edu.
University of Missouri · USUniversity of Missouri Health System · US

Funding

MOLECULAR BASIS OF GENE EXPRESSION AND SIGNAL PROCESSINGT32GM008396 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI HANNINK, MARK · 1991 to 2021
$4.1M
Massive and Complex Data Analytics Pre-Doctoral Training in One HealthT32LM012410 · NLM · UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA · PI SHYU, CHI-REN · 2016 to 2020
$1.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008396NLM NIH HHS T32 LM012410
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Though the genetic etiology of autism is complex, our understanding can be improved by identifying genes and gene-gene interactions that contribute to the development of specific autism subtypes. Identifying such gene groupings will allow individuals to be diagnosed and treated according to their precise characteristics. To this end, we developed a method to associate gene combinations with groups with shared autism traits, targeting genetic elements that distinguish patient populations with opposing phenotypes. Our computational method prioritizes genetic variants for genome-wide association, then utilizes Frequent Pattern Mining to highlight potential interactions between variants. We introduce a novel genotype assessment metric, the Unique Inherited Combination support, which accounts for inheritance patterns observed in the nuclear family while estimating the impact of genetic variation on phenotype manifestation at the individual level. High-contrast variant combinations are tested for significant subgroup associations. We apply this method by contrasting autism subgroups defined by severe or mild manifestations of a phenotype. Significant associations connected 286 genes to the subgroups, including 193 novel autism candidates. 71 pairs of genes have joint associations with subgroups, presenting opportunities to investigate interacting functions. This study analyzed 12 autism subgroups, but our informatics method can explore other meaningful divisions of autism patients, and can further be applied to reveal precise genetic associations within other phenotypically heterogeneous disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease.

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Autistic DisorderData MiningGenetic Association StudiesGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenetic VariationGenotypeHumansMedical InformaticsPhenotypeAutistic disorderData miningFrequent pattern miningGenetics

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PMID29197649
PMCPMC5788310
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