WGCNA (version 1.11-3)

moduleMergeUsingKME: Merge modules and reassign genes using kME.

Description

This function takes an expression data matrix (and other user-defined parameters), calculates the module membership (kME) values, and adjusts the module assignments, merging modules that are not sufficiently distinct and reassigning modules that were originally assigned suboptimally.

Usage

moduleMergeUsingKME(datExpr, colorh, ME = NULL, threshPercent = 50, mergePercent = 25, reassignModules = TRUE, convertGrey = TRUE, omitColors = "grey", reassignScale = 1, threshNumber = NULL)

Arguments

datExpr

An expression data matrix, with samples as rows, genes (or probes) as column.

colorh

The color vector (module assignments) corresponding to the columns of datExpr.

ME

Either NULL (default), at which point the module eigengenes will be calculated, or pre-calculated module eigengenes for each of the modules, with samples as rows (corresponding to datExpr), and modules corresponding to columns (column names MUST be module

threshPercent

Threshold percent of the number of genes in the module that should be included for the various analyses. For example, in a module with 200 genes, if threshPercent=50 (default), then 50 genes will be checked for reassignment and used to test whether two mo

mergePercent

If greater than this percent of the assigned genes are above the threshold are in a module other than the assigned module, then these two modules will be merged. For example, if mergePercent=25 (default), and the 70 out of 200 genes in the blue module we

reassignModules

If TRUE (default), genes are resassigned to the module with which they have the highest module membership (kME), but only if their kME is above the threshPercent (or threshNumber) threshold of that module.

convertGrey

If TRUE (default), unassigned (grey) genes are assigned as in "reassignModules"

omitColors

These are all of the module assignments which indicate genes that are not assigned to modules (default="grey"). These genes will all be assigned as "grey" by this function.

reassignScale

A value between 0 and 1 (default) which determines how the threshPercent gets scaled for reassigning genes. Smaller values reassign more genes, but does not affect the merging process.

threshNumber

Either NULL (default) or, if entered, every module is counted as having exactly threshNumber genes, and threshPercent it ignored. This parameter should have the effect of

Value

• moduleColors
  The NEW color vector (module assignments) corresponding to the columns of datExpr, after module merging and reassignments.
• mergeLog
  A log of the order in which modules were merged, for reference.

Examples

## First simulate some data and the resulting network dendrogram
set.seed(100)
MEturquoise = sample(1:100,50)
MEblue      = sample(1:100,50)
MEbrown     = sample(1:100,50)
MEyellow    = sample(1:100,50) 
MEgreen     = c(MEyellow[1:30], sample(1:100,20))
MEred	    = c(MEbrown [1:20], sample(1:100,30))
MEblack	    = c(MEblue  [1:25], sample(1:100,25))
ME   = data.frame(MEturquoise, MEblue, MEbrown, MEyellow, MEgreen, MEred, MEblack)
dat1 = simulateDatExpr(ME,1000,c(0.2,0.1,0.08,0.051,0.05,0.042,0.041,0.3), signed=TRUE)
TOM1  = TOMsimilarityFromExpr(dat1$datExpr, networkType="signed")
tree1 = flashClust(as.dist(1-TOM1),method="average")

## Here is an example using different mergePercentages, setting an inclusive threshPercent (91)
colorh1  <- colorPlot <- labels2colors(dat1$allLabels)
merges = c(65,50,35,20,5)
for (m in merges)  colorPlot = cbind(colorPlot, 
  moduleMergeUsingKME(dat1$datExpr,colorh1,threshPercent=91, mergePercent=m)$moduleColors)
plotDendroAndColors(tree1, colorPlot, c("ORIG",merges), dendroLabels=FALSE)

## Here is an example using a lower reassignScale (so that more genes get reassigned)
colorh1  <- colorPlot <- labels2colors(dat1$allLabels)
merges = c(65,50,35,20,5)
for (m in merges)  colorPlot = cbind(colorPlot, 
  moduleMergeUsingKME(dat1$datExpr,colorh1,threshPercent=91, reassignScale=0.7, mergePercent=m)$moduleColors)
plotDendroAndColors(tree1, colorPlot, c("ORIG",merges), dendroLabels=FALSE)

## Here is an example using a less-inclusive threshPercent (75), little if anything is merged.
colorh1  <- colorPlot <- labels2colors(dat1$allLabels)
merges = c(65,50,35,20,5)
for (m in merges)  colorPlot = cbind(colorPlot, 
  moduleMergeUsingKME(dat1$datExpr,colorh1,threshPercent=75, mergePercent=m)$moduleColors)
plotDendroAndColors(tree1, colorPlot, c("ORIG",merges), dendroLabels=FALSE)
# (Note that with real data, the default threshPercent=50 usually results in some modules being merged)