A network-based regression approach for identifying subject-specific driver mutations

06/29/2023
by   Kin Yau Wong, et al.
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In cancer genomics, it is of great importance to distinguish driver mutations, which contribute to cancer progression, from causally neutral passenger mutations. We propose a random-effect regression approach to estimate the effects of mutations on the expressions of genes in tumor samples, where the estimation is assisted by a prespecified gene network. The model allows the mutation effects to vary across subjects. We develop a subject-specific mutation score to quantify the effect of a mutation on the expressions of its downstream genes, so mutations with large scores can be prioritized as drivers. We demonstrate the usefulness of the proposed methods by simulation studies and provide an application to a breast cancer genomics study.

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