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ArticleBMC systems biology2017

A polynomial based model for cell fate prediction in human diseases.

Lichun Ma, Jie Zheng

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Lichun MaBiomedical Informatics Lab, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore.
Jie ZhengBiomedical Informatics Lab, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore. zhengjie@ntu.edu.sg.
Nanyang Technological University · SG

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Abstract

backgroundCell fate regulation directly affects tissue homeostasis and human health. Research on cell fate decision sheds light on key regulators, facilitates understanding the mechanisms, and suggests novel strategies to treat human diseases that are related to abnormal cell development.

resultsIn this study, we proposed a polynomial based model to predict cell fate. This model was derived from Taylor series. As a case study, gene expression data of pancreatic cells were adopted to test and verify the model. As numerous features (genes) are available, we employed two kinds of feature selection methods, i.e. correlation based and apoptosis pathway based. Then polynomials of different degrees were used to refine the cell fate prediction function. 10-fold cross-validation was carried out to evaluate the performance of our model. In addition, we analyzed the stability of the resultant cell fate prediction model by evaluating the ranges of the parameters, as well as assessing the variances of the predicted values at randomly selected points. Results show that, within both the two considered gene selection methods, the prediction accuracies of polynomials of different degrees show little differences. Interestingly, the linear polynomial (degree 1 polynomial) is more stable than others. When comparing the linear polynomials based on the two gene selection methods, it shows that although the accuracy of the linear polynomial that uses correlation analysis outcomes is a little higher (achieves 86.62%), the one within genes of the apoptosis pathway is much more stable.

conclusionsConsidering both the prediction accuracy and the stability of polynomial models of different degrees, the linear model is a preferred choice for cell fate prediction with gene expression data of pancreatic cells. The presented cell fate prediction model can be extended to other cells, which may be important for basic research as well as clinical study of cell development related diseases.

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DiseaseModels, StatisticalApoptosisCellsGene Expression RegulationHumansModels, BiologicalPancreasSingle-Cell AnalysisApoptosis pathwayCell deathCell fate predictionCorrelation analysisMathematical modelingPolynomialSingle-cell gene expression

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