Simulating the restoration of normal gene expression from different thyroid cancer stages using deep learning.

Journal: BMC cancer
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Thyroid cancer (THCA) is the most common endocrine malignancy and incidence is increasing. There is an urgent need to better understand the molecular differences between THCA tumors at different pathologic stages so appropriate diagnostic, prognostic, and treatment strategies can be applied. Transcriptome State Perturbation Generator (TSPG) is a tool created to identify the changes in gene expression necessary to transform the transcriptional state of a source sample to mimic that of a target.

Authors

  • Nicole M Nelligan
    Department of Genetics & Biochemistry, Clemson University, Biosystems Research Complex, 302C, 19 105 Collings St,., SC, 29634, Clemson, USA.
  • M Reed Bender
    Biomedical Data Science and Informatics Program, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA.
  • F Alex Feltus
    Department of Genetics & Biochemistry, Clemson University, Biosystems Research Complex, 302C, 19 105 Collings St,., SC, 29634, Clemson, USA. ffeltus@clemson.edu.