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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

FERRET: Framework to Evaluate Robustness in Regulatory Networks Using Heterogeneous Cell Types.

Tara Eicher, John Quackenbush

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Tara EicherDepartment of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1809-4458
John QuackenbushDepartment of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2702-5879

Funding

Unraveling the Complexities of Risk and Mechanism in CancerR35CA220523 · NCI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY D/B/A HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI QUACKENBUSH, JOHN · 2018 to 2024
$6.0M
Networks Tools to Understand Sex- and Gender-Specific Drivers of DiseaseR01HG011393 · NHGRI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI DEMEO, DAWN L, QUACKENBUSH, JOHN · 2021 to 2024
$2.1M
NCI NIH HHS R35 CA220523NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG011393
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Techniques for evaluating gene regulatory network (GRN) inference methods typically focus on recovering small ground-truth networks or on benchmarking against simulated data. However, both approaches have important limitations and fail to capture the biological variability present in real datasets. FERRET is a framework for benchmarking single-cell GRN inference methods based on a simple biological assumption: independent estimates of the regulatory network from the same cellular state should resemble one another more closely than estimates from distinct cellular states. Rather than relying on incomplete or simulated ground truth, FERRET quantifies network robustness using two complementary metrics:

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