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Detection for gene-gene co-association via kernel canonical correlation analysis

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Title:Detection for gene-gene co-association via kernel canonical correlation analysis
Creators Name:Yuan, Z. and Gao, Q. and He, Y. and Zhang, X. and Li, F. and Zhao, J. and Xue, F.
Abstract:Background: Currently, most methods for detecting gene-gene interaction (GGI) in genomewide association studies (GWASs) are limited in their use of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) as the unit of association. One way to address this drawback is to consider higher level units such as genes or regions in the analysis. Earlier we proposed a statistic based on canonical correlations (CCU) as a gene-based method for detecting gene-gene co-association. However, it can only capture linear relationship and not nonlinear correlation between genes. We therefore proposed a counterpart (KCCU) based on kernel canonical correlation analysis (KCCA). Results: Through simulation the KCCU statistic was shown to be a valid test and more powerful than CCU statistic with respect to sample size and interaction odds ratio. Analysis of data from regions involving three genes on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) from Genetic Analysis Workshop 16 (GAW16) indicated that only KCCU statistic was able to identify interactions reported earlier. Conclusions: KCCU statistic is a valid and powerful gene-based method for detecting gene-gene co-association.
Keywords:Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS), Gene-Gene Co-Association, Gene-Gene Interaction (GGI), Kernel Canonical Correlation Analysis (KCCA)
Source:BMC Genetics
ISSN:1471-2156
Publisher:BioMed Central
Volume:13
Page Range:83
Date:8 October 2012
Official Publication:https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2156-13-83
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