CZ5211 Topics in Computational BiologyCZ5211 Topics in Computational Biology

Lecture 5: Clustering Analysis for Microarray Data IIILecture 5: Clustering Analysis for Microarray Data III

Prof. Chen Yu ZongProf. Chen Yu Zong

Tel: 6874-6877Tel: 6874-6877Email: Email: yzchen@cz3.nus.edu.sgyzchen@cz3.nus.edu.sg

http://xin.cz3.nus.edu.sghttp://xin.cz3.nus.edu.sgRoom 07-24, level 7, SOC1, NUSRoom 07-24, level 7, SOC1, NUS

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Self-Organizing MapsSelf-Organizing Maps

• Based on the work of Kohonen on learning/memory in the human brain

• As with k-means, the number of clusters need to be specified

• Moreover, a topology needs also be specified – a 2D grid that gives the geometric relationships between the clusters (i.e., which clusters should be near or distant from each other)

• The algorithm learns a mapping from the high dimensional space of the data points onto the points of the 2D grid (there is one grid point for each cluster)

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Self Organizing MapsSelf Organizing Maps

• Creates a map in which similar patterns are plotted next to each other

• Data visualization technique that reduces n dimensions and displays similarities

• More complex than k-means or hierarchical clustering, but more meaningful

• Neural Network Technique– Inspired by the brain

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Self Organizing Maps (SOM)Self Organizing Maps (SOM)

• Each unit of the SOM has a weighted connection to all inputs

• As the algorithm progresses, neighboring units are grouped by similarity

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Biological MotivationBiological Motivation

Nearby areas of the cortex correspond to related brain functions

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The brain maps the external multidimensional representation of the world into a similar 1 or 2 - dimensional internal representation.

That is, the brain processes the external signals in a topology-preserving way

Mimicking the way the brain learns, our system should be able to do the same thing.

Brain’s self-organizationBrain’s self-organization

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A Self-Organized MapA Self-Organized MapA Self-Organized MapA Self-Organized Map

Data: vectors XT = (X1, ... Xd) from d-dimensional space.

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Local processor # j has d adaptive parameters W(j).

Goal: change W(j) parameters to recover data clusters in X space.

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SOM NetworkSOM Network

• Unsupervised learning neural network

• Projects high-dimensional input data onto two-dimensional output map

• Preserves the topology of the input data

• Visualizes structures and clusters of the data

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SOM AlgorithmSOM Algorithm

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SOM AlgorithmSOM Algorithm

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Self-Organizing Maps (SOMs)Self-Organizing Maps (SOMs)

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Self-Organizing MapsSelf-Organizing Maps

• Suppose we have a r x s grid with each grid point associated with a cluster mean 1,1,… r,s

• SOM algorithm moves the cluster means around in the high dimensional space, maintaining the topology specified by the 2D grid (think of a rubber sheet)

• A data point is put into the cluster with the closest mean

• The effect is that nearby data points tend to map to nearby clusters (grid points)

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A Simple Example of Self-Organizing MapA Simple Example of Self-Organizing Map

This is a 4 x 3 SOM and the mean of each cluster is displayed

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SOM Applied to Microarray AnalysisSOM Applied to Microarray Analysis

• Consider clustering 10,000 genes

• Each gene was measured in 4 experiments– Input vectors are 4 dimensional– Initial pattern of 10,000 each described by a 4D vector

• Each of the 10,000 genes is chosen one at a time to train the SOM

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SOM Applied to Microarray AnalysisSOM Applied to Microarray Analysis

• The pattern found to be closest to the current gene (determined by weight vectors) is selected as the winner

• The weight is then modified to become more similar to the current gene based on the learning rate (t in the previous example)

• The winner then pulls its neighbors closer to the current gene by causing a lesser change in weight

• This process continues for all 10,000 genes

• Process is repeated until over time the learning rate is reduced to zero

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SOM Applied to Microarray Analysis of YeastSOM Applied to Microarray Analysis of Yeast

• Yeast Cell Cycle SOM. www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/96/6/2907

• (a) 6 × 5 SOM. The 828 genes that passed the variation filter were grouped into 30 clusters. Each cluster is represented by the centroid (average pattern) for genes in the cluster. Expression level of each gene was normalized to have mean = 0 and SD = 1 across time points. Expression levels are shown on y-axis and time points on x-axis. Error bars indicate the SD of average expression. n indicates the number of genes within each cluster. Note that multiple clusters exhibit periodic behavior and that adjacent clusters have similar behavior. (b) Cluster 29 detail. Cluster 29 contains 76 genes exhibiting periodic behavior with peak expression in late G1. Normalized expression pattern of 30 genes nearest the centroid are shown. (c) Centroids for SOM-derived clusters 29, 14, 1, and 5, corresponding to G1, S, G2 and M phases of the cell cycle, are shown.

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SOM Applied to Microarray Analysis of YeastSOM Applied to Microarray Analysis of Yeast

• Reduce data set to 828 genes• Clustered data into 30 clusters using a SOFM

Each pattern is represented by its average (centroid) pattern

Clustered data has same behavior Neighbors exhibit similar behavior

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A SOFM Example With YeastA SOFM Example With Yeast

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Benefits of SOMBenefits of SOM

• SOM contains the set of features extracted from the input patterns (reduces dimensions)

• SOM yields a set of clusters

• A gene will always be most similar to a gene in its immediate neighborhood than a gene further away

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Problems of SOMProblems of SOM

• The algorithm is complicated and there are a lot of parameters (such as the “learning rate”) - these settings will affect the results

• The idea of a topology in high dimensional gene expression spaces is not exactly obvious– How do we know what topologies are appropriate?– In practice people often choose nearly square grids

for no particularly good reason

• As with k-means, we still have to worry about how many clusters to specify…

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Comparison of SOM and K-meansComparison of SOM and K-means

• K-means is a simple yet effective algorithm for clustering data

• Self-organizing maps are slightly more computationally expensive than K-means, but they solve the problem of spatial relationship

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Other Clustering AlgorithmsOther Clustering Algorithms

• Clustering is a very popular method of microarray analysis and also a well established statistical technique – huge amount of literature out there

• Many variations on k-means, including algorithms in which clusters can be split and merged or that allow for soft assignments (multiple clusters can contribute)

• Semi-supervised clustering methods, in which some examples are assigned by hand to clusters and then other membership information is inferred