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- Title
FPLS-DC: functional partial least squares through distance covariance for imaging genetics.
- Authors
Pan, Wenliang; Shan, Yue; Li, Chuang; Huang, Shuai; Li, Tengfei; Li, Yun; Zhu, Hongtu
- Abstract
Motivation Imaging genetics integrates imaging and genetic techniques to examine how genetic variations influence the function and structure of organs like the brain or heart, providing insights into their impact on behavior and disease phenotypes. The use of organ-wide imaging endophenotypes has increasingly been used to identify potential genes associated with complex disorders. However, analyzing organ-wide imaging data alongside genetic data presents two significant challenges: high dimensionality and complex relationships. To address these challenges, we propose a novel, nonlinear inference framework designed to partially mitigate these issues. Results We propose a functional partial least squares through distance covariance (FPLS-DC) framework for efficient genome wide analyses of imaging phenotypes. It consists of two components. The first component utilizes the FPLS-derived base functions to reduce image dimensionality while screening genetic markers. The second component maximizes the distance correlation between genetic markers and projected imaging data, which is a linear combination of the FPLS-basis functions, using simulated annealing algorithm. In addition, we proposed an iterative FPLS-DC method based on FPLS-DC framework, which effectively overcomes the influence of inter-gene correlation on inference analysis. We efficiently approximate the null distribution of test statistics using a gamma approximation. Compared to existing methods, FPLS-DC offers computational and statistical efficiency for handling large-scale imaging genetics. In real-world applications, our method successfully detected genetic variants associated with the hippocampus, demonstrating its value as a statistical toolbox for imaging genetic studies. Availability and implementation The FPLS-DC method we propose opens up new research avenues and offers valuable insights for analyzing functional and high-dimensional data. In addition, it serves as a useful tool for scientific analysis in practical applications within the field of imaging genetics research. The R package FPLS-DC is available in Github: https://github.com/BIG-S2/FPLSDC.
- Subjects
BEHAVIOR genetics; GENETIC testing; LEAST squares; SIMULATED annealing; GENETICS; GENETIC techniques; PARTIAL least squares regression; EUGENICS
- Publication
Bioinformatics, 2024, Vol 40, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
1367-4803
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/bioinformatics/btae173