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ArticleGenome biology2020

Enhanced Integrated Gradients: improving interpretability of deep learning models using splicing codes as a case study.

Anupama Jha, Joseph K Aicher, Matthew R Gazzara, Deependra Singh, Yoseph Barash

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Article in Genome biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 87 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anupama JhaDepartment of Computer and Information Science, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
Joseph K AicherDepartment of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
Matthew R GazzaraDepartment of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
Deependra SinghDepartment of Computer and Information Science, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
Yoseph BarashDepartment of Computer and Information Science, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. yosephb@upenn.edu.
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Cassette exons in neoplastic pro-B-cells: implications for immunotherapyU01CA232563 · NCI · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI BARASH, YOSEPH, THOMAS-TIKHONENKO, ANDREI · 2018 to 2022
$3.5M
Methods for RNA splicing variations detection, quantification, visualization, and association from large heterogeneous datasetsR01GM128096 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BARASH, YOSEPH · 2018 to 2021
$1.8M
Modeling Splicing in normal tissues and neurodegenerative diseaseR01AG046544 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BARASH, YOSEPH · 2014 to 2018
$1.6M
Enhancing molecular diagnosis in children with multiple congenital anomalies using clinically focused splicing prediction algorithmsF30HD098803 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI AICHER, JOSEPH KRITTAMETH · 2019 to 2021
$152k
NCI NIH HHS U01 CA232563NIA NIH HHS R01 AG046544NICHD NIH HHS F30 HD098803NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM128096
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the success and fast adaptation of deep learning models in biomedical domains, their lack of interpretability remains an issue. Here, we introduce Enhanced Integrated Gradients (EIG), a method to identify significant features associated with a specific prediction task. Using RNA splicing prediction as well as digit classification as case studies, we demonstrate that EIG improves upon the original Integrated Gradients method and produces sets of informative features. We then apply EIG to identify A1CF as a key regulator of liver-specific alternative splicing, supporting this finding with subsequent analysis of relevant A1CF functional (RNA-seq) and binding data (PAR-CLIP).

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Deep LearningRNA SplicingAnimalsComputational BiologyLiverMice, KnockoutA1CFDeep learningInterpretationLiver-specific splicingSplicing code

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PMID32560708
PMCPMC7305616
OpenAlexW3036652698

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