Cluster-based network model for time-course gene expression data

Biostatistics. 2007 Jul;8(3):507-25. doi: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxl026. Epub 2006 Sep 15.

Abstract

We propose a model-based approach to unify clustering and network modeling using time-course gene expression data. Specifically, our approach uses a mixture model to cluster genes. Genes within the same cluster share a similar expression profile. The network is built over cluster-specific expression profiles using state-space models. We discuss the application of our model to simulated data as well as to time-course gene expression data arising from animal models on prostate cancer progression. The latter application shows that with a combined statistical/bioinformatics analyses, we are able to extract gene-to-gene relationships supported by the literature as well as new plausible relationships.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bayes Theorem
  • Biometry
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Computational Biology
  • Gene Expression Profiling / statistics & numerical data*
  • Linear Models
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Models, Genetic*
  • Models, Statistical*
  • Multigene Family*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / genetics
  • Time Factors