Variational autoencoders learn universal latent representations of metabolomics data
Gomari, D. P.; Schweickart, A.; Cerchietti, L.; Paietta, E.; Fernandez, H.; Al-Amin, H.; Suhre, K.; Krumsiek, J.
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Dimensionality reduction approaches are commonly used for the deconvolution of high-dimensional metabolomics datasets into underlying core metabolic processes. However, current state-of-the-art methods are widely incapable of detecting nonlinearities in metabolomics data. Variational Autoencoders (VAEs) are a deep learning method designed to learn nonlinear latent representations which generalize to unseen data. Here, we trained a VAE on a large-scale metabolomics population cohort of human blood samples consisting of over 4,500 individuals. We analyzed the pathway composition of the latent space using a global feature importance score, which showed that latent dimensions represent distinct cellular processes. To demonstrate model generalizability, we generated latent representations of unseen metabolomics datasets on type 2 diabetes, schizophrenia, and acute myeloid leukemia and found significant correlations with clinical patient groups. Taken together, we demonstrate for the first time that the VAE is a powerful method that learns biologically meaningful, nonlinear, and universal latent representations of metabolomics data.
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