Bayesian Network Biomarker Selection in Metabolomics Data

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Abstract

Metabolomics is one of the major areas of high-throughput biology. Metabolomic profiling by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC/MS) measures thousands of metabolites at the same time. The LC/MS metabolomic profiling data poses unique challenges due to several characteristics including the intrinsic uncertainty in matching features to known metabolites, the mixing of true zeroes and missing values, and distinct data distribution and dependency patterns that hamper integrative analysis with other types of high- dimensional data. In this study, we plan to tackle the problems by developing Bayesian hierarchical models for network marker selection that incorporates matching uncertainties, a regression framework for integrative analysis of multipartite omics networks, and a novel modeling strategy to address the unique challenge of missing values in the metabolic network. We will apply newly developed methods to large-scale, high-impact metabolomics and transcriptomics data to derive new biological insights, and provide easy-to-use software for the community.

Key facts

NIH application ID
10228099
Project number
5R01GM124061-05
Recipient
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR
Principal Investigator
Jian Kang
Activity code
R01
Funding institute
NIH
Fiscal year
2020
Award amount
$347,778
Award type
5
Project period
2017-09-01 → 2022-08-31