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Astrologo NCN, Gaudillo JD, Albia JR, Roxas-Villanueva RML. Genetic risk assessment based on association and prediction studies. Sci Rep 2023; 13:15230. [PMID: 37709797 PMCID: PMC10502006 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-41862-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023] Open
Abstract
The genetic basis of phenotypic emergence provides valuable information for assessing individual risk. While association studies have been pivotal in identifying genetic risk factors within a population, complementing it with insights derived from predictions studies that assess individual-level risk offers a more comprehensive approach to understanding phenotypic expression. In this study, we established personalized risk assessment models using single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data from 200 Korean patients, of which 100 experienced hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) seroclearance and 100 patients demonstrated high levels of HBsAg. The risk assessment models determined the predictive power of the following: (1) genome-wide association study (GWAS)-identified candidate biomarkers considered significant in a reference study and (2) machine learning (ML)-identified candidate biomarkers with the highest feature importance scores obtained by using random forest (RF). While utilizing all features yielded 64% model accuracy, using relevant biomarkers achieved higher model accuracies: 82% for 52 GWAS-identified candidate biomarkers, 71% for three GWAS-identified biomarkers, and 80% for 150 ML-identified candidate biomarkers. Findings highlight that the joint contributions of relevant biomarkers significantly influence phenotypic emergence. On the other hand, combining ML-identified candidate biomarkers into the pool of GWAS-identified candidate biomarkers resulted in the improved predictive accuracy of 90%, demonstrating the capability of ML as an auxiliary analysis to GWAS. Furthermore, some of the ML-identified candidate biomarkers were found to be linked with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), reinforcing previous claims that HCC can still occur despite the absence of HBsAg.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nicole Cathlene N Astrologo
- Data Analytics Research Laboratory (DARELab), Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics, University of the Philippines Los Baños, 4031, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
- Computational Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory (CINTERLabs), University of the Philippines Los Baños, 4031, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
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- Data Analytics Research Laboratory (DARELab), Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics, University of the Philippines Los Baños, 4031, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines.
- Computational Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory (CINTERLabs), University of the Philippines Los Baños, 4031, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines.
- Domingo AI Research Center (DARC Labs), 1606, Pasig, Philippines.
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- Domingo AI Research Center (DARC Labs), 1606, Pasig, Philippines
- Venn Biosciences Corporation Dba InterVenn Biosciences, Metro Manila, Pasig, Philippines
- Graduate School, University of the Philippines Los Baños, 4031, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
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- Data Analytics Research Laboratory (DARELab), Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics, University of the Philippines Los Baños, 4031, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
- Computational Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory (CINTERLabs), University of the Philippines Los Baños, 4031, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
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A machine learning-based SNP-set analysis approach for identifying disease-associated susceptibility loci. Sci Rep 2022; 12:15817. [PMID: 36138111 PMCID: PMC9499949 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-19708-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Identifying disease-associated susceptibility loci is one of the most pressing and crucial challenges in modeling complex diseases. Existing approaches to biomarker discovery are subject to several limitations including underpowered detection, neglect for variant interactions, and restrictive dependence on prior biological knowledge. Addressing these challenges necessitates more ingenious ways of approaching the “missing heritability” problem. This study aims to discover disease-associated susceptibility loci by augmenting previous genome-wide association study (GWAS) using the integration of random forest and cluster analysis. The proposed integrated framework is applied to a hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) seroclearance GWAS data. Multiple cluster analyses were performed on (1) single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) considered significant by GWAS and (2) SNPs with the highest feature importance scores obtained using random forest. The resulting SNP-sets from the cluster analyses were subsequently tested for trait-association. Three susceptibility loci possibly associated with HBsAg seroclearance were identified: (1) SNP rs2399971, (2) gene LINC00578, and (3) locus 11p15. SNP rs2399971 is a biomarker reported in the literature to be significantly associated with HBsAg seroclearance in patients who had received antiviral treatment. The latter two loci are linked with diseases influenced by the presence of hepatitis B virus infection. These findings demonstrate the potential of the proposed integrated framework in identifying disease-associated susceptibility loci. With further validation, results herein could aid in better understanding complex disease etiologies and provide inputs for a more advanced disease risk assessment for patients.
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Selinski S, Ickstadt K. Cluster analysis of genetic and epidemiological data in molecular epidemiology. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PART A 2008; 71:835-844. [PMID: 18569582 DOI: 10.1080/15287390801985828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Current molecular epidemiological studies of complex diseases include a large number of genetic and epidemiological variables. Clustering approaches are a useful tool to detect patterns in data sets and generate hypothesis regarding potential relationships in complex data situations. In this article similarity coefficients are presented for a hierarchical cluster analysis of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and epidemiological data to gain insight into the relationship of variables and detect potential differences between diseased and control individuals in case-control studies. This approach was applied to two subsets of data from the GENICA study of sporadic breast cancer, a molecular epidemiological population-based case-control study conducted in the greater Bonn region between 2000 and 2004. Separate cluster analyses for cases and controls using flexible matching coefficients for SNPs, Pearson's corrected coefficient of contingency for categorical epidemiological variables, and Spearman's correlation coefficient for quantitative epidemiological variables as measures of similarity revealed small subgroups of SNPs usually of the same gene, as well as clusters of genetic and of epidemiological variables with minor differences between cases and controls. In addition to recent and well-known findings, the joint cluster analysis of SNPs and epidemiological variables provides further insight into the relationship of these variables.
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- Silvia Selinski
- Fakultät Statistik, Collaborative Research Centre 475, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
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