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Application and interpretation of functional data analysis techniques to differential scanning calorimetry data from lupus patients

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  • Sarah K Kendrick
  • Qi Zheng
  • Nichola C Garbett
  • Guy N Brock

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Background: DSC is used to determine thermally-induced conformational changes of biomolecules within a blood plasma sample. Recent research has indicated that DSC curves (or thermograms) may have different characteristics based on disease status and, thus, may be useful as a monitoring and diagnostic tool for some diseases. Since thermograms are curves measured over a range of temperature values, they are considered functional data. In this paper we apply functional data analysis techniques to analyze differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) data from individuals from the Lupus Family Registry and Repository (LFRR). The aim was to assess the effect of lupus disease status as well as additional covariates on the thermogram profiles, and use FD analysis methods to create models for classifying lupus vs. control patients on the basis of the thermogram curves. Methods: Thermograms were collected for 300 lupus patients and 300 controls without lupus who were matched with diseased individuals based on sex, race, and age. First, functional regression with a functional response (DSC) and categorical predictor (disease status) was used to determine how thermogram curve structure varied according to disease status and other covariates including sex, race, and year of birth. Next, functional logistic regression with disease status as the response and functional principal component analysis (FPCA) scores as the predictors was used to model the effect of thermogram structure on disease status prediction. The prediction accuracy for patients with Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis but without Lupus was also calculated to determine the ability of the classifier to differentiate between Lupus and other diseases. Data were divided 1000 times into separate 2/3 training and 1/3 test data for evaluation of predictions. Finally, derivatives of thermogram curves were included in the models to determine whether they aided in prediction of disease status. Results: Functional regression with thermogram as a functional response and disease status as predictor showed a clear separation in thermogram curve structure between cases and controls. The logistic regression model with FPCA scores as the predictors gave the most accurate results with a mean 79.22% correct classification rate with a mean sensitivity = 79.70%, and specificity = 81.48%. The model correctly classified OA and RA patients without Lupus as controls at a rate of 75.92% on average with a mean sensitivity = 79.70% and specificity = 77.6%. Regression models including FPCA scores for derivative curves did not perform as well, nor did regression models including covariates. Conclusion: Changes in thermograms observed in the disease state likely reflect covalent modifications of plasma proteins or changes in large protein-protein interacting networks resulting in the stabilization of plasma proteins towards thermal denaturation. By relating functional principal components from thermograms to disease status, our Functional Principal Component Analysis model provides results that are more easily interpretable compared to prior studies. Further, the model could also potentially be coupled with other biomarkers to improve diagnostic classification for lupus.

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  • Sarah K Kendrick & Qi Zheng & Nichola C Garbett & Guy N Brock, 2017. "Application and interpretation of functional data analysis techniques to differential scanning calorimetry data from lupus patients," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(11), pages 1-21, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0186232
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186232
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    1. Shesh N Rai & Sudhir Srivastava & Jianmin Pan & Xiaoyong Wu & Somesh P Rai & Chongkham S Mekmaysy & Lynn DeLeeuw & Jonathan B Chaires & Nichola C Garbett, 2019. "Multi-group diagnostic classification of high-dimensional data using differential scanning calorimetry plasma thermograms," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(8), pages 1-17, August.

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