Gene expression ranking change based single sample pre-disease state detection

IntroductionTo prevent disease, it is of great importance to detect the critical point (pre-disease state) when the biological system abruptly transforms from normal to disease state. However, rapid and accurate pre-disease state detection is still a challenge when there is only a single sample avai...

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Main Authors: Zhenshen Bao, Xianbin Li, Peng Xu, Xiangzhen Zan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2024.1509769/full
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Summary:IntroductionTo prevent disease, it is of great importance to detect the critical point (pre-disease state) when the biological system abruptly transforms from normal to disease state. However, rapid and accurate pre-disease state detection is still a challenge when there is only a single sample available. The state transition of the biological system is driven by the variation in regulations between genes.MethodsIn this study, we propose a rapid single-sample pre-disease state-identifying method based on the change in gene expression ranking, which can reflect the coordinated shifts between genes, that is, S-PCR. The R codes of S-PCR can be accessed at https://github.com/ZhenshenBao/S-PCR.ResultsThis model-free method is validated by the successful identification of pre-disease state for both simulated and five real datasets. The functional analyses of the pre-disease state-related genes identified by S-PCR also demonstrate the effectiveness of this computational approach. Furthermore, the time efficiency of S-PCR is much better than that of its peers.DiscussionHence, the proposed S-PCR approach holds immense potential for clinical applications in personalized disease diagnosis.
ISSN:1664-8021