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Uncovering Gene Regulatory Networks from Time-Series Microarray Data with Variational Bayesian Structural Expectation Maximization

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We investigate in this paper reverse engineering of gene regulatory networks from time-series microarray data. We apply dynamic Bayesian networks (DBNs) for modeling cell cycle regulations. In developing a network inference algorithm, we focus on soft solutions that can provide a posteriori probability (APP) of network topology. In particular, we propose a variational Bayesian structural expectation maximization algorithm that can learn the posterior distribution of the network model parameters and topology jointly. We also show how the obtained APPs of the network topology can be used in a Bayesian data integration strategy to integrate two different microarray data sets. The proposed VBSEM algorithm has been tested on yeast cell cycle data sets. To evaluate the confidence of the inferred networks, we apply a moving block bootstrap method. The inferred network is validated by comparing it to the KEGG pathway map.

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  1. Department of Applied Physics, University of Granada, Granada, 18071, Spain

    Isabel Tienda Luna, Diego P Ruiz Padillo & M Carmen Carrion Perez

  2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), San Antonio, TX, 78249-0669, USA

    Yufei Huang & Yufang Yin

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Luna, I.T., Huang, Y., Yin, Y. et al. Uncovering Gene Regulatory Networks from Time-Series Microarray Data with Variational Bayesian Structural Expectation Maximization. J Bioinform Sys Biology 2007, 71312 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1155/2007/71312

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Keywords

  • Gene Regulatory Network
  • Expectation Maximization Algorithm
  • Dynamic Bayesian Network
  • Yeast Cell Cycle
  • Block Bootstrap