Ensemble learning can significantly improve human microRNA target prediction
- Authors
- Yu, Seunghak; Kim, Juho; Min, Hyeyoung; Yoon, Sungroh
- Issue Date
- Oct-2014
- Publisher
- ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
- Keywords
- MicroRNA; Target prediction; Sequence analysis; Algorithm; Machine learning
- Citation
- METHODS, v.69, no.3, pp 220 - 229
- Pages
- 10
- Journal Title
- METHODS
- Volume
- 69
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 220
- End Page
- 229
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/11728
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ymeth.2014.07.008
- ISSN
- 1046-2023
1095-9130
- Abstract
- MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate the function of their target genes by down-regulating gene expression, participating in various biological processes. Since the discovery of the first miRNA, computational tools have been essential to predict targets of given miRNAs that can be biologically verified. The precise mechanism underlying miRNA-mRNA interaction has not yet been elucidated completely, and it is still difficult to predict miRNA targets computationally in a robust fashion, despite the large number of in silico prediction methodologies in existence. Because of this limitation, different target prediction tools often report different and (occasionally conflicting) sets of targets. Therefore, we propose a novel target prediction methodology called stacking-based miRNA interaction learner ensemble (SMILE) that employs the concept of stacked generalization (stacking), which is a type of ensemble learning that integrates the outcomes of individual prediction tools with the aim of surpassing the performance of the individual tools. We tested the proposed SMILE method on human miRNA-mRNA interaction data derived from public databases. In our experiments. SMILE improved the accuracy of the target prediction significantly in terms of the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve. Any new target prediction tool can easily be incorporated into the proposed methodology as a component learner, and we anticipate that SMILE will provide a flexible and effective framework for elucidating in vivo miRNA-mRNA interaction. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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