Meta-EA: a gene-specific combination of available computational tools for predicting missense variant effects.

ABSTRACT: Computational methods for estimating missense variant impact suffer from inconsistent performance across genes, which poses a major challenge for their reliable use in clinical practice. While ensemble scores leverage multiple prediction methods to enhance consistency, the overrepresentation of certain genes in the training data can bias their outcomes. To address this critical limitation, we propose a gene-specific ensemble framework trained on reference computational annotations rather than on clinical or experimental data. Accordingly, we generate Meta-EA ensemble scores that achieve comparable performance to the top individual predicting method for each gene set. Incorporating the effects of splicing and the allele frequency of human polymorphisms further enhances the performance of Me

SUBMITTER: Katsonis P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11696468 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature