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ArticleGenetic epidemiology2023

Gene-environment interaction analysis via deep learning.

Shuni Wu, Yaqing Xu, Qingzhao Zhang, Shuangge Ma

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Article in Genetic epidemiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. High-Dimensional Gene-Environment Interaction Analysis.Annual review of statistics and its application · 2025
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  11. Gene-environment interactions in human health.Nature reviews. Genetics · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Shuni WuThe Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Yaqing XuDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Qingzhao ZhangThe Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Shuangge MaDepartment of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9001-4999

Funding

Yale SPORE in Skin CancerP50CA121974 · NCI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI MARCUS W BOSENBERG, Harriet M. Kluger · 2006 to 2026
$43.9M
Yale SPORE in Lung Cancer (YSILC): The Biology and Personalized Treatment of Lung CancerP50CA196530 · NCI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Harriet M. Kluger · 2015 to 2026
$31.1M
Novel methods for identifying genetic interactions in cancer prognosisR01CA204120 · NCI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Shuangge Ma · 2016 to 2026
$3.5M
NCI NIH HHS P50 CA121974NCI NIH HHS P50 CA196530NCI NIH HHS R01 CA204120
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gene-environment (G-E) interaction analysis plays an important role in studying complex diseases. Extensive methodological research has been conducted on G-E interaction analysis, and the existing methods are mostly based on regression techniques. In many fields including biomedicine and omics, it has been increasingly recognized that deep learning may outperform regression with its unique flexibility (e.g., in accommodating unspecified nonlinear effects) and superior prediction performance. However, there has been a lack of development in deep learning for G-E interaction analysis. In this article, we fill this important knowledge gap and develop a new analysis approach based on deep neural network in conjunction with penalization. The proposed approach can simultaneously conduct model estimation and selection (of important main G effects and G-E interactions), while uniquely respecting the "main effects, interactions" variable selection hierarchy. Simulation shows that it has superior prediction and feature selection performance. The analysis of data on lung adenocarcinoma and skin cutaneous melanoma overall survival further establishes its practical utility. Overall, this study can advance G-E interaction analysis by delivering a powerful new analysis approach based on modern deep learning.

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Deep LearningMelanomaSkin NeoplasmsCutaneous Malignant MelanomaGene-Environment InteractionHumansModels, Geneticdeep learningG-E interaction analysisneural networkpenalization

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PMID36807383
PMCPMC10244912

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