crossNN: an explainable framework for cross-platform DNA methylation-based classification of cancer

Abstract DNA methylation-based classification of brain tumors has emerged as a powerful and indispensable diagnostic technique. Initial implementations have used methylation microarrays for data generation, but different sequencing approaches are increasingly used. Most current classifiers, however, rely on a fixed methylation feature space, rendering them incompatible with other platforms, especially different flavors of DNA sequencing. Here, we describe crossNN, a neural network-based machine learning framework which can accurately classify tumor entities using DNA methylation profiles obtained from different platforms and with different epigenome coverage and sequencing depth. It outperforms other deep- and shallow machine learning models with respect to precision as well as simplicity and computational requirements while still being fully explainable. Validation in a large cohort of >1,900 tumors profiled using different microarray and sequencing platforms, including low-pass nanopore and targeted bisulfite sequencing, demonstrates the robustness and scalability of the model..

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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bioRxiv.org - (2024) vom: 27. Jan. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yuan, Dongsheng [VerfasserIn]
Jugas, Robin [VerfasserIn]
Pokorna, Petra [VerfasserIn]
Sterba, Jaroslav [VerfasserIn]
Slaby, Ondrej [VerfasserIn]
Schmid, Simone [VerfasserIn]
Siewert, Christin [VerfasserIn]
Osberg, Brendan [VerfasserIn]
Capper, David [VerfasserIn]
Zeiner, Pia [VerfasserIn]
Weber, Katharina [VerfasserIn]
Harter, Patrick [VerfasserIn]
Jabareen, Nabil [VerfasserIn]
Mackowiak, Sebastian [VerfasserIn]
Ishaque, Naveed [VerfasserIn]
Eils, Roland [VerfasserIn]
Lukassen, Sören [VerfasserIn]
Euskirchen, Philipp [VerfasserIn]

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Biology

doi:

10.1101/2024.01.22.24301523

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XBI042271738