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A supervised learning framework for chromatin loop detection in genome-wide contact maps
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Accurately predicting chromatin loops from genome-wide interaction matrices such as Hi-C data is critical to deepening our understanding of proper gene regulation. Current approaches are mainly focused on searching for statistically enriched dots on a genome-wide map. However, given the availability of orthogonal data types such as ChIA-PET, HiChIP, Capture Hi-C, and high-throughput imaging, a supervised learning approach could facilitate the discovery of a comprehensive set of chromatin interactions. Here, we present Peakachu, a Random Forest classification framework that predicts chromatin loops from genome-wide contact maps. We compare Peakachu with current enrichment-based approaches, and find that Peakachu identifies a unique set of short-range interactions. We show that our models perform well in different platforms, across different sequencing depths, and across different species. We apply this framework to predict chromatin loops in 56 Hi-C datasets, and release the results at the 3D Genome Browser.
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“Peakachu reports a probability score associated with each loop which demarcates confidence of loop calling. The probability score is also positively associated with the loop intensity, making it convenient for differential loop analysis.”
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“Peakachu detects loops as CTCF or H3K27ac loops depending on a pre-trained CTCF model or H3K27ac model.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Salameh, T. J., Wang, X., Song, F., Zhang, B., Wright, S. M., Khunsriraksakul, C., Ruan, Y., & Yue, F.
- Affiliations
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Northwestern University (US)
- The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine (US)
- Corresponding author
- Wang, Xiaotao
- Yue, Feng
- ORCID
- Venue
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2020-07-09
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 3428-3428
- ISSN
- 2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7347923
- OpenAlex
- W3041895828
- Cited by
- 165
- References
- 57
- Citations by year
- 2026: 26 · 2025: 33 · 2024: 34 · 2023: 32 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 4
- FWCI
- 6.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
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- Nature Communications (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- The Mouseion at the JAXlibrary (Jackson Laboratory) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Human Genome Research Institute (R01HG009906)
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R35GM124820)
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R24DK106766)
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | NCI | Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute (U01CA200060)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
- Keywords
- Hi-C contact maps, random forest classification, 3D genome organization, gene expression regulation, ChIA-PET, HiChIP, Capture Hi-C
- MeSH terms
- Supervised Machine Learning, Chromatin, Humans, Organ Specificity, Species Specificity, Genome, Sequence Analysis, DNA, K562 Cells, Databases, Genetic
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