kangar00 (version 1.4.1)

calc_kernel: Calculate the kernel-matrix for a pathway

Description

Uses individuals' genotypes to create a kernel object including the calculated kernel matrix for a specific pathway. Each numeric value within this matrix is calculated from two individuals' genotypevectors of the SNPs within the pathway by a kernel function. It can be interpreted as the genetic similiarity of the individuals. Association between the pathway and a binary phenotype (case-control status) can be evaluated in the logistic kernel machine test, based on the kernel object. Three kernel functions are available.

Usage

# S4 method for GWASdata
calc_kernel(
  object,
  pathway,
  knots = NULL,
  type = c("lin", "sia", "net"),
  calculation = c("cpu", "gpu"),
  ...
)

# S4 method for GWASdata lin_kernel(object, pathway, knots = NULL, calculation = c("cpu", "gpu"), ...)

# S4 method for GWASdata sia_kernel(object, pathway, knots = NULL, calculation = c("cpu", "gpu"), ...)

# S4 method for GWASdata net_kernel(object, pathway, knots = NULL, calculation = c("cpu", "gpu"), ...)

Value

Returns an object of class kernel, including the similarity matrix of the pathway for the considered individuals.

If knots are specified low-rank kernel of class a lowrank_kernel

will be returned, which is not necessarily quadratic and symmetric.

Arguments

object

GWASdata object containing the genotypes of the individuals for which a kernel will be calculated.

pathway

object of the class pathway specifying the SNP set for which a kernel will be calculated.

knots

GWASdata object, if specified a kernel will be computed.

type

character indicating the kernel type: Use 'lin' to specify the linear kernel, 'sia' for the size-adjusted or 'net' for the network-based kernel.

calculation

character specifying if the kernel matrix is computed on CPU or GPU.

...

further arguments to be passed to kernel computations.

Methods (by class)

  • lin_kernel(GWASdata):

  • sia_kernel(GWASdata):

  • net_kernel(GWASdata):

Author

Stefanie Friedrichs, Juliane Manitz

Details

Different types of kernels can be constructed:

  • type='lin' creates the linear kernel assuming additive SNP effects to be evaluated in the logistic kernel machine test.

  • type='sia' calculates the size-adjusted kernel which takes into consideration the numbers of SNPs and genes in a pathway to correct for size bias.

  • type='net' calculates the network-based kernel. Here not only information on gene membership and gene/pathway size in number of SNPs is incorporated, but also the interaction structure of genes in the pathway.

For more details, check the references.

References

  • Wu MC, Kraft P, Epstein MP, Taylor DM, Chanock SJ, Hunter DJ, Lin X Powerful SNP-Set Analysis for Case-Control Genome-Wide Association Studies. Am J Hum Genet 2010, 86:929-42

  • Freytag S, Bickeboeller H, Amos CI, Kneib T, Schlather M: A Novel Kernel for Correcting Size Bias in the Logistic Kernel Machine Test with an Application to Rheumatoid Arthritis. Hum Hered. 2012, 74(2):97-108.

  • Freytag S, Manitz J, Schlather M, Kneib T, Amos CI, Risch A, Chang-Claude J, Heinrich J, Bickeboeller H: A network-based kernel machine test for the identification of risk pathways in genome-wide association studies. Hum Hered. 2013, 76(2):64-75.

See Also

kernel-class,pathway

Examples

Run this code
data(gwas)
data(hsa04020)
lin_kernel <- calc_kernel(gwas, hsa04020, knots=NULL, type='lin', calculation='cpu')
summary(lin_kernel)
net_kernel <- calc_kernel(gwas, hsa04020, knots=NULL, type='net', calculation='cpu')
summary(net_kernel)

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