Least absolute regression network analysis of the murine osteoblast differentiation network.

van Someren, E P; Vaes, B L T; Steegenga, W T; Sijbers, A M; Dechering, K J; Reinders, M J T · Bioinformatics · 2006

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We propose a reverse engineering scheme to discover genetic regulation from genome-wide transcription data that monitors the dynamic transcriptional response after a change in cellular environment. The interaction network is estimated by solving a linear model using simultaneous shrinking of the least absolute weights and the prediction error. The proposed scheme has been applied to the murine C2C12 cell-line stimulated to undergo osteoblast differentiation. Results show that our method discovers genetic interactions that display significant enrichment of co-citation in literature. More detailed study showed that the inferred network exhibits properties and hypotheses that are consistent with current biological knowledge.

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