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Miquel Anglada-Girotto¹, Samuel Miravet-Verde¹, Luis Serrano^2,3,4

¹Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain.

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Robustica, a Python package, enhances Independent Component Analysis (ICA) for omics data by offering customizable clustering and distance metrics. This improves the discovery of gene expression modules, aiding cancer research.

Keywords:

Bioinformatics Clustering Independent component analysis Low-grade glioma Python Unsupervised learning

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Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Genomics

Background:

Independent Component Analysis (ICA) is crucial for dissecting omics datasets into interpretable molecular modules.
The randomness of ICA necessitates clustering multiple iterations for robust component identification.
Existing robust ICA algorithms face limitations due to clustering method dependency and biased distance matrices.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce robustica, a Python package for customizable robust Independent Component Analysis (ICA).
To systematically optimize robust ICA by exploring various clustering algorithms and distance metrics.
To demonstrate robustica's utility in identifying novel gene expression modules in cancer patient data.

Main Methods:

Developed robustica, a Python package enabling customizable clustering and distance metrics for robust ICA.
Implemented a subroutine to infer and correct component signs, facilitating Euclidean distance usage.
Systematically evaluated six clustering algorithms, identifying DBSCAN as optimal.
Applied robustica to analyze gene expression data from over 500 low-grade glioma (LGG) patients.

Main Results:

robustica provides precise, efficient, and customizable robust ICA computation.
DBSCAN demonstrated superior performance in clustering independent components across iterations.
The sign-inference subroutine enhanced resolution, robustness, and computational efficiency.
Identified two novel gene expression modules associated with tumor progression in LGG patients with IDH1 and TP53 mutations.

Conclusions:

robustica offers a flexible and powerful tool for robust ICA in Python.
Customizability allows for fine-tuning of clustering and distance metrics for optimal results.
robustica facilitates the discovery of biologically relevant gene modules linked to specific patient features.
The package is poised to streamline robust ICA integration into large-scale omics data analysis pipelines.