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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2019

CeModule: an integrative framework for discovering regulatory patterns from genomic data in cancer.

Qiu Xiao, Jiawei Luo, Cheng Liang, Jie Cai, Guanghui Li, Buwen Cao

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Article in BMC bioinformatics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Qiu XiaoCollege of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China.
Jiawei LuoCollege of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China. luojiawei@hnu.edu.cn.
Cheng LiangCollege of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250000, China.
Jie CaiCollege of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China.
Guanghui LiCollege of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China.
Buwen CaoCollege of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China.
Hunan University · CNShandong Normal University · CN

Funding

Hunan Provincial Science and Technology Project Foundation 2018TP1018National Natural Science Foundation of China 61572180National Natural Science Foundation of China 61602283National Natural Science Foundation of China 61862025National Natural Science Foundation of China 61873089Shandong Province Natural Science Foundation ZR2016FB10
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Abstract

backgroundNon-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) are emerging as key regulators and play critical roles in a wide range of tumorigenesis. Recent studies have suggested that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) could interact with microRNAs (miRNAs) and indirectly regulate miRNA targets through competing interactions. Therefore, uncovering the competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) regulatory mechanism of lncRNAs, miRNAs and mRNAs in post-transcriptional level will aid in deciphering the underlying pathogenesis of human polygenic diseases and may unveil new diagnostic and therapeutic opportunities. However, the functional roles of vast majority of cancer specific ncRNAs and their combinational regulation patterns are still insufficiently understood.

resultsHere we develop an integrative framework called CeModule to discover lncRNA, miRNA and mRNA-associated regulatory modules. We fully utilize the matched expression profiles of lncRNAs, miRNAs and mRNAs and establish a model based on joint orthogonality non-negative matrix factorization for identifying modules. Meanwhile, we impose the experimentally verified miRNA-lncRNA interactions, the validated miRNA-mRNA interactions and the weighted gene-gene network into this framework to improve the module accuracy through the network-based penalties. The sparse regularizations are also used to help this model obtain modular sparse solutions. Finally, an iterative multiplicative updating algorithm is adopted to solve the optimization problem.

conclusionsWe applied CeModule to two cancer datasets including ovarian cancer (OV) and uterine corpus endometrial carcinoma (UCEC) obtained from TCGA. The modular analysis indicated that the identified modules involving lncRNAs, miRNAs and mRNAs are significantly associated and functionally enriched in cancer-related biological processes and pathways, which may provide new insights into the complex regulatory mechanism of human diseases at the system level.

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AlgorithmsGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenomicsDatabases, GeneticFemaleGene OntologyGene Regulatory NetworksHumansMicroRNAsNeoplasmsOvarian NeoplasmsReproducibility of ResultsRNA, Long NoncodingRNA, MessengerMicroRNAsRNA, Long NoncodingRNA, MessengerCancerceRNAlncRNA functionMachine learningmicroRNAModule discoveryRegulatory pattern

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PMID30732558
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