Machine learning classifier approaches for predicting response to RTK-type-III inhibitors demonstrate high accuracy using transcriptomic signatures and ex vivo data

Abstract Motivation The application of machine learning (ML) techniques in the medical field has demonstrated both successes and challenges in the precision medicine era. The ability to accurately classify a subject as a potential responder versus a nonresponder to a given therapy is still an active...

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Published in:	Bioinformatics advances Vol. 3; no. 1; p. vbad034
Main Authors:	Ferrato, Mauricio H, Marsh, Adam G, Franke, Karl R, Huang, Benjamin J, Kolb, E Anders, DeRyckere, Deborah, Grahm, Douglas K, Chandrasekaran, Sunita, Crowgey, Erin L
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Oxford University Press 01-01-2023
Subjects:	Original Paper
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Summary:	Abstract Motivation The application of machine learning (ML) techniques in the medical field has demonstrated both successes and challenges in the precision medicine era. The ability to accurately classify a subject as a potential responder versus a nonresponder to a given therapy is still an active area of research pushing the field to create new approaches for applying machine-learning techniques. In this study, we leveraged publicly available data through the BeatAML initiative. Specifically, we used gene count data, generated via RNA-seq, from 451 individuals matched with ex vivo data generated from treatment with RTK-type-III inhibitors. Three feature selection techniques were tested, principal component analysis, Shapley Additive Explanation (SHAP) technique and differential gene expression analysis, with three different classifiers, XGBoost, LightGBM and random forest (RF). Sensitivity versus specificity was analyzed using the area under the curve (AUC)-receiver operating curves (ROCs) for every model developed. Results Our work demonstrated that feature selection technique, rather than the classifier, had the greatest impact on model performance. The SHAP technique outperformed the other feature selection techniques and was able to with high accuracy predict outcome response, with the highest performing model: Foretinib with 89% AUC using the SHAP technique and RF classifier. Our ML pipelines demonstrate that at the time of diagnosis, a transcriptomics signature exists that can potentially predict response to treatment, demonstrating the potential of using ML applications in precision medicine efforts. Availability and implementation https://github.com/UD-CRPL/RCDML. Supplementary information Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics Advances online.
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ISSN:	2635-0041 2635-0041
DOI:	10.1093/bioadv/vbad034