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Dynamic regulatory module networks for inference of cell type specific transcriptional networks

Fotuhi Siahpirani, A.; Chasman, D.; Seirup, M.; Knaack, S.; Sridharan, R.; Stewart, R.; Thomson, J.; Roy, S.

2020-07-19 bioinformatics
10.1101/2020.07.18.210328 bioRxiv
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Multi-omic datasets with parallel transcriptomic and epigenomic measurements across time or cell types are becoming increasingly common. However, integrating these data to infer regulatory network dynamics is a major challenge. We present Dynamic Regulatory Module Networks (DRMNs), a novel approach that uses multi-task learning to infer cell type-specific cis-regulatory networks dynamics. Compared to existing approaches, DRMN integrates expression, chromatin state and accessibility, accurately predicts cis-regulators of context-specific expression and models network dynamics across linearly and hierarchically related contexts. We apply DRMN to three dynamic processes of different experimental designs and predict known and novel regulators driving cell type-specific expression patterns.

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