A powerful weighted statistic for detecting group differences of directed biological networks.
Complex disease is largely determined by a number of biomolecules interwoven into networks, rather than a single biomolecule. Different physiological conditions such as cases and controls may manifest as different networks. Statistical comparison between biological networks can provide not only new insight into the disease mechanism but statistical guidance for drug development. However, the methods developed in previous studies are inadequate to capture the changes in both the nodes and edges, and often ignore the network structure. In this study, we present a powerful weighted statistical test for group differences of directed biological networks, which is independent of the network attributes and can capture the changes in both the nodes and edges, as well as simultaneously accounting for the network structure through putting more weights on the difference of nodes locating on relatively more important position. Simulation studies illustrate that this method had better performance than previous ones under various sample sizes and network structures. One application to GWAS of leprosy successfully identifies the specific gene interaction network contributing to leprosy. Another real data analysis significantly identifies a new biological network, which is related to acute myeloid leukemia. One potential network responsible for lung cancer has also been significantly detected. The source R code is available on our website.
Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China.
Zhongshang
Z
Yuan
Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China.
Jiadong
J
Ji
Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China.
Xiaoshuai
X
Zhang
Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China.
Jing
J
Xu
Department of hematology, Qilu hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China.
Daoxin
D
Ma
Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China.
Fuzhong
F
Xue
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