Com-DNB: A novel method for identifying critical states of complex biological processes and its parallelization

Letian Wang, Yanbing Zhu, Xiaohua Wan, Yiming Zhang, Shuang Feng, Chang Li, Fa Zhang*, Bin Hu*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Identifying critical states prior to critical transitions in complex biological processes is essential for disease forecasting and early interventional therapy. Due to the complexity of the underlying mechanisms, the currently proposed methods based on the dynamic network biomarker (DNB) theory cannot be well used to identify the critical state in a complex biological process like aging. In this paper, we propose the com-DNB method based on single-sample DNB community detection, which is capable of identifying adaptively-sized DNB communities and makes improvements in the quality of DNBs. Meanwhile, this paper substantially improves the computational efficiency of the original l-DNB part it contains based on the parallel strategy. Finally, using the gene expression data of PBMCs and classical monocytes from 130 healthy human donors, 61-65 years of age is successfully identified as the critical state of aging in men. Therefore, the com-DNB is able to identify single-sample personalized DNBs more efficiently and accurately, which is a significant advance in the field of critical state identification.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationACM-BCB 2024 - 15th ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Health Informatics
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
ISBN (Electronic)9798400713026
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Dec 2024
Event15th ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Health Informatics, ACM-BCB 2024 - Shenzhen, China
Duration: 22 Nov 202425 Nov 2024

Publication series

NameACM-BCB 2024 - 15th ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Health Informatics

Conference

Conference15th ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Health Informatics, ACM-BCB 2024
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShenzhen
Period22/11/2425/11/24

Keywords

  • aging
  • community
  • complex biological process
  • critical state
  • dynamic network biomarker (DNB)

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