提出新评估指标sSID,更好判断基因调控网络的生物学有效性。
Practical Causal Evaluation Metrics for Biological Networks
- 引入符号增强的干预距离度量sSID,结合干预效应评估网络。
- 在真实转录组数据上,sSID选出的网络分类临床特征更优。
- 适合关注功能正确性的生物网络研究者使用。
从生物数据推断因果网络是系统生物学的关键步骤。评估推断网络时,基于其干预效应的评估对下游概率推理和潜在药物靶点识别尤为重要。在基因调控网络推断中,生物数据库常作为参考,但这些数据库通常以定性而非定量方式描述关系。现有评估指标很少考虑这种定性特性。为此,我们提出了符号增强的结构干预距离(sSID)及加权sSID,后者纳入干预的净效应。通过模拟和真实转录组数据的分析发现,所提指标与传统指标选出的最优算法不同,且由sSID选出的网络在利用转录组数据分类临床协变量任务中表现更优。这表明sSID能区分结构正确但功能错误的网络,具有更高的生物学意义和实用性。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Estimating causal networks from biological data is a critical step in systems biology. When evaluating the inferred network, assessing the networks based on their intervention effects is particularly important for downstream probabilistic reasoning and the identification of potential drug targets. In the context of gene regulatory network inference, biological databases are often used as reference sources. These databases typically describe relationships in a qualitative rather than quantitative manner. However, few evaluation metrics have been developed that take this qualitative nature into account. To address this, we developed a metric, the sign-augmented Structural Intervention Distance (sSID), and a weighted sSID that incorporates the net effects of the intervention. Through simulations and analyses of real transcriptomic datasets, we found that our proposed metrics could identify a different algorithm as optimal compared to conventional metrics, and the network selected by sSID had a superior performance in the classification task of clinical covariates using transcriptomic data. This suggests that sSID can distinguish networks that are structurally correct but functionally incorrect, highlighting its potential as a more biologically meaningful and practical evaluation metric.
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