Journal
BRIEFINGS IN BIOINFORMATICS
Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbab409
Keywords
node representation; biological network; network denoising; graph regularization
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [U1611265, 11631015, 12026601, 61976229]
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This article introduces a representation learning method for multiple biological networks. The method utilizes denoised diffusion and graph regularized integration to handle noise and spurious edges, while preserving the common structure and specific information of different networks, resulting in useful representation features.
Learning node representation is a fundamental problem in biological network analysis, as compact representation features reveal complicated network structures and carry useful information for downstream tasks such as link prediction and node classification. Recently, multiple networks that profile objects from different aspects are increasingly accumulated, providing the opportunity to learn objects from multiple perspectives. However, the complex common and specific information across different networks pose challenges to node representation methods. Moreover, ubiquitous noise in networks calls for more robust representation. To deal with these problems, we present a representation learning method for multiple biological networks. First, we accommodate the noise and spurious edges in networks using denoised diffusion, providing robust connectivity structures for the subsequent representation learning. Then, we introduce a graph regularized integration model to combine refined networks and compute common representation features. By using the regularized decomposition technique, the proposed model can effectively preserve the common structural property of different networks and simultaneously accommodate their specific information, leading to a consistent representation. A simulation study shows the superiority of the proposed method on different levels of noisy networks. Three network-based inference tasks, including drug-target interaction prediction, gene function identification and fine-grained species categorization, are conducted using representation features learned from our method. Biological networks at different scales and levels of sparsity are involved. Experimental results on real-world data show that the proposed method has robust performance compared with alternatives. Overall, by eliminating noise and integrating effectively, the proposed method is able to learn useful representations from multiple biological networks.
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