2018/11/13 by Elin Shaddox, Christine B. Peterson, Francesco C. Stingo +7 · 11 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Mathematics · #Artificial intelligence #Bayesian inference #Bayesian network #Bayesian probability #Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks #Computer science #Data mining #Data set #Data type #Gene expression and cancer classification #Genetic Associations and Epidemiology #Graphical model #Inference #Machine learning #Markov random field #stat.AP #stat.ME
paper · pdf · doi:10.1093/biostatistics/kxy078
published in Biostatistics 21(3), 561-576 (Oxford University Press)
openalex publication_date 2018/11/13 · arxiv created 2019/09/04 · arxiv updated 2022/06/10 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
In this article, we develop a graphical modeling framework for the inference of networks across multiple sample groups and data types. In medical studies, this setting arises whenever a set of subjects, which may be heterogeneous due to differing disease stage or subtype, is profiled across multiple platforms, such as metabolomics, proteomics, or transcriptomics data. Our proposed Bayesian hierarchical model first links the network structures within each platform using a Markov random field prior to relate edge selection across sample groups, and then links the network similarity parameters across platforms. This enables joint estimation in a flexible manner, as we make no assumptions on the directionality of influence across the data types or the extent of network similarity across the sample groups and platforms. In addition, our model formulation allows the number of variables and number of subjects to differ across the data types, and only requires that we have data for the same set of groups. We illustrate the proposed approach through both simulation studies and an application to gene expression levels and metabolite abundances on subjects with varying severity levels of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Bayesian inference; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); Data integration; Gaussian graphical model; Markov random field prior; Spike and slab prior.