Identification of significantly mutated subnetworks in the breast cancer genome
| dc.contributor.author | Ajwad, Rasif | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Tremblay-Savard, Olivier (Computer Science) Chen, Guanqun (Biological Sciences) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Hu, Pingzhao (Biochemistry and Medical Genetics) Domaratzki, Michael (Computer Science) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-09-19T18:04:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-09-19T18:04:26Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.degree.discipline | Computer Science | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Science (M.Sc.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Cancer genome projects aim at identifying the genetic variations that are related to clinical phenotypes. Recent studies showed that cancer mutations target genes that are in specific cellular pathways. New efforts have been focused on identifying significantly mutated subnetworks and associating them with cancer survival. We developed a novel bioinformatics analysis pipeline to identify significantly mutated subnetworks in the breast cancer genome. Our goals are to evaluate whether the identified subnetworks can be used as biomarkers for predicting breast cancer patient survival and provide the mechanisms of the pathways enriched in the subnetworks. We identified a significantly mutated yet functionally relevant subnetwork using two graph-based clustering algorithms. The genes in the subnetwork are significantly enriched in the retinol metabolism KEGG pathway. Our study showed that the new bioinformatics pipeline has the potential to identify new network-based biomarkers, which may be useful for stratifying cancer patients for choosing optimal treatments. | en_US |
| dc.description.note | February 2018 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/32634 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | Copy number variation, Breast Cancer, Gene interaction network, Subnetwork, Survival analysis | en_US |
| dc.title | Identification of significantly mutated subnetworks in the breast cancer genome | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |