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Area of Science:

  • Genomics and Bioinformatics
  • Statistical Genetics
  • High-Dimensional Data Analysis

Background:

  • Gene functions in biological networks are often correlated due to functional connectivity.
  • Existing variable selection methods incorporate network information but lack uncertainty quantification for individual genes.
  • High dimensionality and strong predictor correlations pose challenges in statistical modeling of gene-trait associations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a method for quantifying the uncertainty of individual genes within network-informed variable selection.
  • To construct confidence intervals (CIs) and P-values for parameters in high-dimensional linear models with graphical structures.
  • To address the limitations of existing methods in handling highly correlated predictors and providing uncertainty estimates.

Main Methods:

  • Proposed a graph-constrained desparsified LASSO (GCDL) estimator for high-dimensional linear models.
  • Incorporated graphical network information into the LASSO framework to improve variable selection.
  • Developed theoretical guarantees for the GCDL estimator, including asymptotic normality and uniform convergence.

Main Results:

  • The GCDL estimator demonstrated reduced influence from highly correlated predictors compared to standard desparsified LASSO.
  • Theoretical analysis confirmed the asymptotic normality and uniform convergence properties of the GCDL estimator.
  • Extensive simulations showed that the GCDL estimator and its derived uniform confidence intervals perform well, even with strong predictor correlations.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed GCDL method effectively quantifies gene uncertainty in network-based high-dimensional models.
  • The method offers improved accuracy and computational efficiency over existing approaches.
  • An R package is available for implementing the GCDL method, facilitating its application in genetic studies.