MLMarker: A machine learning framework for tissue inference and biomarker discovery
Claeys, T.; van Puyenbroeck, S.; Gevaert, K.; Martens, L.
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MLMarker is a machine learning tool that computes continuous tissue similarity scores for proteomics data, addressing the challenge of interpreting complex or sparse datasets. Trained on 34 healthy tissues, its Random Forest model generates probabilistic predictions with SHAP-based protein-level explanations. A penalty factor corrects for missing proteins, improving robustness for low-coverage samples. Across three public datasets, MLMarker revealed brain-like signatures in cerebral melanoma metastases, achieved high accuracy in a pan-cancer cohort, and identified brain and pituitary origins in biofluids. MLMarker provides an interpretable framework for tissue inference and hypothesis generation, available as a Python package and Streamlit app.
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