run_aracne: Wrapper for ARACNE method

In dnapath: Differential Network Analysis using Gene Pathways

Wrapper for ARACNE method

Description

Conducts co-expression analysis using ARACNE \insertCitemargolin06dnapath. Uses the implementation from the minet package \insertCitemeyer08dnapath. Can be used for the network_inference argument in dnapath.

Usage

run_aracne(
  x,
  weights = NULL,
  estimator = "spearman",
  disc = "none",
  nbins = NULL,
  eps = 0,
  ...
)

Arguments

x	A n by p matrix of gene expression data (n samples and p genes).
weights	An optional vector of weights. This is used by dnapath() to apply the probabilistic group labels to each observation when estimating the group-specific network.
estimator	Argument is passed into build.mim.
disc	Argument is passed into build.mim.
nbins	Argument is passed into build.mim.
eps	Argument is passed into aracne.
...	Additional arguments are ignored.

Value

A p by p matrix of association scores.

References

\insertRef

margolin06dnapath

\insertRef

meyer08dnapath

See Also

run_bc3net, run_c3net, run_clr, run_corr, run_genie3, run_glasso, run_mrnet, run_pcor, and run_silencer

Examples

data(meso)
data(p53_pathways)

# To create a short example, we subset on two pathways from the p53 pathway list,
# and will only run 5 permutations for significance testing.
pathway_list <- p53_pathways[c(8, 13)]
n_perm <- 5

# Use this method to perform differential network analysis.
# The parameters in run_aracne() can be adjusted using the ... argument.
# For example, the 'estimator' parameter can be specified as shown here.
results <- dnapath(x = meso$gene_expression,
                   pathway_list = pathway_list,
                   group_labels = meso$groups,
                   n_perm = n_perm,
                   network_inference = run_aracne,
                   estimator = "spearman")
summary(results)

# The group-specific association matrices can be extracted using get_networks().
nw_list <- get_networks(results[[1]]) # Get networks for pathway 1.


# nw_list has length 2 and contains the inferred networks for the two groups.
# The gene names are the Entrezgene IDs from the original expression dataset.
# Renaming the genes in the dnapath results to rename those in the networks.
# NOTE: The temporary directory, tempdir(), is used in this example. In practice,
#       this argument can be removed or changed to an existing directory
results <- rename_genes(results, to = "symbol", species = "human",
                        dir_save = tempdir())
nw_list <- get_networks(results[[1]]) # The genes (columns) will have new names.

# (Optional) Plot the network using SeqNet package (based on igraph plotting).
# First rename entrezgene IDs into gene symbols.
SeqNet::plot_network(nw_list[[1]])

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