Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35971180›Full record

ArticleGenome biology2022

BindVAE: Dirichlet variational autoencoders for de novo motif discovery from accessible chromatin.

Meghana Kshirsagar, Han Yuan, Juan Lavista Ferres, Christina Leslie

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Genome biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Genome research · 2025
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Machine learning in biological physics: From biomolecular prediction to design.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
    Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Meghana KshirsagarMicrosoft, AI for Good Research Lab, Redmond, WA, USA. meghana.kshirsagar@microsoft.com.ORCID 0000-0002-4673-614X
Han YuanCalico Life Sciences, South San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9636-9376
Juan Lavista FerresMicrosoft, AI for Good Research Lab, Redmond, WA, USA.
Christina LeslieMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA. cleslie@cbio.mskcc.org.ORCID 0000-0002-4571-5910

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Encoding genomic architecture in the encyclopedia: linking DNA elements, chromatin state, and gene expression in 3DU01HG009395 · NHGRI · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI LESLIE, CHRISTINA S · 2017 to 2021
$3.7M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NHGRI NIH HHS U01 HG009395
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a novel unsupervised deep learning approach called BindVAE, based on Dirichlet variational autoencoders, for jointly decoding multiple TF binding signals from open chromatin regions. BindVAE can disentangle an input DNA sequence into distinct latent factors that encode cell-type specific in vivo binding signals for individual TFs, composite patterns for TFs involved in cooperative binding, and genomic context surrounding the binding sites. On the task of retrieving the motifs of expressed TFs in a given cell type, BindVAE is competitive with existing motif discovery approaches.

Indexed as

ChromatinTranscription FactorsBinding SitesChromatin ImmunoprecipitationNucleotide MotifsProtein BindingChromatinTranscription FactorsATAC-seqDirichletk-mersMotifsTranscription factorVAEVariational autoencoders

Identifiers

PMID35971180
PMCPMC9380350

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.