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Random forests or random decision forests are an ensemble learning method for classification, regression and other tasks, that operate by constructing a multitude of decision trees at training time and outputting the class that is the mode of the classes (classification) or mean prediction (regression) of the individual trees. [Source: Wikipedia ]

TF--miRNA

Submitted by ChenLiang on Fri, 10/21/2016 - 16:27

MOTIVATION: Reconstructing regulatory networks from expression and interaction data is a major goal of systems biology. While much work has focused on trying to experimentally and computationally determine the set of transcription-factors (TFs) and microRNAs (miRNAs) that regulate genes in these networks, relatively little work has focused on inferring the regulation of miRNAs by TFs. Such regulation can play an important role in several biological processes including development and disease.

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miXGENE

Submitted by ChenLiang on Fri, 09/02/2016 - 21:59

Contemporary molecular biology deals with wide and heterogeneous sets of measurements to model and understand underlying biological processes including complex diseases. Machine learning provides a frequent approach to build such models. However, the models built solely from measured data often suffer from overfitting, as the sample size is typically much smaller than the number of measured features. In this paper, we propose a random forest-based classifier that reduces this overfitting with the aid of prior knowledge in the form of a feature interaction network.

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At_miRNA

Submitted by ChenLiang on Fri, 09/02/2016 - 21:59

MicroRNAs are small, endogenous RNAs found in many different species and are known to have an influence on diverse biological phenomena. They also play crucial roles in plant biological processes, such as metabolism, leaf sidedness and flower development. However, the functional roles of most microRNAs are still unknown. The identification of closely related microRNAs and target genes can be an essential first step towards the discovery of their combinatorial effects on different cellular states.

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miRClassify

Submitted by ChenLiang on Fri, 09/02/2016 - 21:59

MicroRNA (miRNA) family is a group of miRNAs that derive from the common ancestor. Normally, members from the same miRNA family have similar physiological functions; however, they are not always conserved in primary sequence or secondary structure. Proper family prediction from primary sequence will be helpful for accurate identification and further functional annotation of novel miRNA.

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iJRF

Submitted by ChenLiang on Sun, 09/10/2017 - 17:08

Integrative approaches characterizing the interactions among different types of biological molecules have been demonstrated to be useful for revealing informative biological mechanisms. One such example is the interaction between microRNA (miRNA) and messenger RNA (mRNA), whose deregulation may be sensitive to environmental insult leading to altered phenotypes. The goal of this work is to develop an effective data integration method to characterize deregulation between miRNA and mRNA due to environmental toxicant exposures.

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MLSeq

Submitted by ChenLiang on Sun, 09/10/2017 - 17:14

RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) is a powerful technique for the gene-expression profiling of organisms that uses the capabilities of next-generation sequencing technologies. Developing gene-expression-based classification algorithms is an emerging powerful method for diagnosis, disease classification and monitoring at molecular level, as well as providing potential markers of diseases. Most of the statistical methods proposed for the classification of gene-expression data are either based on a continuous scale (eg. microarray data) or require a normal distribution assumption.

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BioSeq-Analysis

Submitted by ChenLiang on Tue, 01/09/2018 - 17:37

With the avalanche of biological sequences generated in the post-genomic age, one of the most challenging problems is how to computationally analyze their structures and functions. Machine learning techniques are playing key roles in this field. Typically, predictors based on machine learning techniques contain three main steps: feature extraction, predictor construction and performance evaluation. Although several Web servers and stand-alone tools have been developed to facilitate the biological sequence analysis, they only focus on individual step.

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MMCOP

Submitted by ChenLiang on Tue, 01/09/2018 - 18:52

A clear identification of the primary site of tumor is of great importance to the next targeted site-specific treatments and could efficiently improve patient's overall survival. Even though many classifiers based on gene expression had been proposed to predict the tumor primary, only a few studies focus on using DNA methylation profiles to develop classifiers, and none of them compares the performance of classifiers based on different profiles.

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