Detecting high-dimensional genetic associations using a Markov-Blanket in a family-based study

Hyo Jung Lee, Jae Won Lee, Seohoon Jin, Hee Jeong Yoo, Mira Park

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Abstract

In recent years, detecting interactions between different genes has become a hot topic, for better understanding multigenic, complex diseases. For population-based genome-wide association studies (GWAS), a number of methods to detect gene-gene interactions such as logistic regression, multifactor dimensionality reduction (MDR) and support vector machine (SVM), have been applied. Bayesian approaches such as BEAM (Bayesian marker partition model) and DASSO-MB (detection of association using Markov Blanket) have also been suggested. However, the studies for family-based GWAS have been limited. In this study, we developed a new Markov Blanket-based algorithm called MB-TDT to find gene-gene interactions for pedigree data. A transmission disequilibrium test statistic was used as an association measure and the incremental association a Markov Blanket (IAMB) algorithm was applied to find Markov Blanket. This proposed MB-TDT method can identify a minimal set of causal SNPs, associated with a specific disease, thus avoiding an exhaustive search. By conducting a simulation study to compare MB-TDT with current methods, we show its superior high power in many cases, and lower false positive rates, in others.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2016 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2016
EditorsKevin Burrage, Qian Zhu, Yunlong Liu, Tianhai Tian, Yadong Wang, Xiaohua Tony Hu, Qinghua Jiang, Jiangning Song, Shinichi Morishita, Kevin Burrage, Guohua Wang
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1767-1770
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781509016105
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Jan 2017
Event2016 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2016 - Shenzhen, China
Duration: 15 Dec 201618 Dec 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2016 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2016

Other

Other2016 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine, BIBM 2016
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShenzhen
Period15/12/1618/12/16

Keywords

  • Gene-gene interactions
  • Genetic associations
  • Markov-Blanket
  • Transmission disequilibrium test

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