title: Integration of steady-state and temporal gene expression data for the inference of gene regulatory networks.
abstract: We develop a new regression algorithm, cMIKANA, for inference of gene regulatory networks from combinations of steady-state and time-series gene expression data. Using simulated gene expression datasets to assess the accuracy of reconstructing gene regulatory networks, we show that steady-state and time-series data sets can successfully be combined to identify gene regulatory interactions using the new algorithm. Inferring gene networks from combined data sets was found to be advantageous when using noisy measurements collected with either lower sampling rates or a limited number of experimental replicates. We illustrate our method by applying it to a microarray gene expression dataset from human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) which combines time series data from treatment with growth factor TNF and steady state data from siRNA knockdown treatments. Our results suggest that the combination of steady-state and time-series datasets may provide better prediction of RNA-to-RNA interactions, and may also reveal biological features that cannot be identified from dynamic or steady state information alone. Finally, we consider the experimental design of genomics experiments for gene regulatory network inference and show that network inference can be improved by incorporating steady-state measurements with time-series data.
authors: Auckland Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. yikan.wang@auckland.ac.nz
authors: Yi Kan
authors: YK
authors: Wang
authors: Daniel G
authors: DG
authors: Hurley
authors: Santiago
authors: S
authors: Schnell
authors: Cristin G
authors: CG
authors: Print
authors: Edmund J
authors: EJ
authors: Crampin
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D053263:Gene Regulatory Networks; D061307:Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013997:Time Factors
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