Network clustering: probing biological heterogeneity by sparse graphical models.

ABSTRACT:

Motivation

Networks and pathways are important in describing the collective biological function of molecular players such as genes or proteins. In many areas of biology, for example in cancer studies, available data may harbour undiscovered subtypes which differ in terms of network phenotype. That is, samples may be heterogeneous with respect to underlying molecular networks. This motivates a need for unsupervised methods capable of discovering such subtypes and elucidating the corresponding network structures.

Results

We exploit recent results in sparse graphical model learning to put forward a 'network clustering' approach in which data are partitioned into subsets that show evidence of underlying, subset-level network structure. This allows us to simultaneously learn subs

SUBMITTER: Mukherjee S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3065697 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature