Title
Bayesian learning of biological pathways on genomic data assimilation.
Abstract
Mathematical modeling and simulation, based on biochemical rate equations, provide us a rigorous tool for unraveling complex mechanisms of biological pathways. To proceed to simulation experiments, it is an essential first step to find effective values of model parameters, which are difficult to measure from in vivo and in vitro experiments. Furthermore, once a set of hypothetical models has been created, any statistical criterion is needed to test the ability of the constructed models and to proceed to model revision.The aim of our research is to present a new statistical technology towards data-driven construction of in silico biological pathways. The method starts with a knowledge-based modeling with hybrid functional Petri net. It then proceeds to the Bayesian learning of model parameters for which experimental data are available. This process exploits quantitative measurements of evolving biochemical reactions, e.g. gene expression data. Another important issue that we consider is statistical evaluation and comparison of the constructed hypothetical pathways. For this purpose, we have developed a new Bayesian information-theoretic measure that assesses the predictability and the biological robustness of in silico pathways.The FORTRAN source codes are available at the URL http://daweb.ism.ac.jpyoshidar/GDA/ SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1093/bioinformatics/btn483
Bioinformatics
Keywords
Field
DocType
silico biological pathway,biological robustness,biological pathway,genomic data assimilation,statistical criterion,experimental data,model revision,model parameter,gene expression data,hypothetical model,new statistical technology,source code,mathematical model,bayesian learning,data assimilation,rate equation,knowledge base,simulation experiment
Data mining,Petri net,Bayesian inference,Experimental data,Computer science,Robustness (computer science),Artificial intelligence,Bayes' theorem,In silico,Modeling and simulation,Bioinformatics,Machine learning,Bayesian probability
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
24
22
1367-4811
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
8
1.20
13
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ryo Yoshida111911.64
Masao Nagasaki236826.22
Rui Yamaguchi318026.49
Seiya Imoto497584.16
Satoru Miyano52406250.71
tomoyuki higuchi617624.32