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ArticleNature communications2024

Synthetic augmentation of cancer cell line multi-omic datasets using unsupervised deep learning.

Zhaoxiang Cai, Sofia Apolinário, Ana R Baião, Clare Pacini, Miguel D Sousa, Susana Vinga, Roger R Reddel, Phillip J Robinson, Mathew J Garnett, Qing Zhong and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11 authors.

Zhaoxiang Cai *ProCan®, Children's Medical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-3809-0817
Sofia Apolinário *INESC-ID, 1000-029, Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0009-0005-6076-2108
Ana R BaiãoINESC-ID, 1000-029, Lisboa, Portugal.
Clare PaciniWellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7791-0940
Miguel D SousaINESC-ID, 1000-029, Lisboa, Portugal.
Susana VingaINESC-ID, 1000-029, Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-1954-5487
Roger R ReddelProCan®, Children's Medical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6302-6107
Phillip J RobinsonProCan®, Children's Medical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7878-0313
Mathew J GarnettWellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2618-4237
Qing ZhongProCan®, Children's Medical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia. qzhong@cmri.org.au.ORCID 0000-0002-5340-301X
Emanuel GonçalvesINESC-ID, 1000-029, Lisboa, Portugal. emanuel.v.goncalves@tecnico.ulisboa.pt.ORCID 0000-0002-9967-5205

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Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Integrating diverse types of biological data is essential for a holistic understanding of cancer biology, yet it remains challenging due to data heterogeneity, complexity, and sparsity. Addressing this, our study introduces an unsupervised deep learning model, MOSA (Multi-Omic Synthetic Augmentation), specifically designed to integrate and augment the Cancer Dependency Map (DepMap). Harnessing orthogonal multi-omic information, this model successfully generates molecular and phenotypic profiles, resulting in an increase of 32.7% in the number of multi-omic profiles and thereby generating a complete DepMap for 1523 cancer cell lines. The synthetically enhanced data increases statistical power, uncovering less studied mechanisms associated with drug resistance, and refines the identification of genetic associations and clustering of cancer cell lines. By applying SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) for model interpretation, MOSA reveals multi-omic features essential for cell clustering and biomarker identification related to drug and gene dependencies. This understanding is crucial for developing much-needed effective strategies to prioritize cancer targets.

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Deep LearningNeoplasmsUnsupervised Machine LearningBiomarkers, TumorCell Line, TumorCluster AnalysisComputational BiologyDrug Resistance, NeoplasmHumansMultiomicsBiomarkers, Tumor

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PMID39614072
PMCPMC11607321

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