Summary of Gv-rep: a Large-scale Dataset For Genetic Variant Representation Learning, by Zehui Li et al.
GV-Rep: A Large-Scale Dataset for Genetic Variant Representation Learning
by Zehui Li, Vallijah Subasri, Guy-Bart Stan, Yiren Zhao, Bo Wang
First submitted to arxiv on: 24 Jul 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Genomics (q-bio.GN)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary A novel deep learning approach is proposed to efficiently prioritize patient-specific genetic variants (GVs) and integrate them with existing genomic databases for informed patient management. The study focuses on the interpretation of GVs, which are crucial in diagnosing and treating genetic diseases. With the rapid increase in next-generation sequencing data, clinicians face challenges in indexing and classifying unknown GVs alongside clinically-verified ones. To address this issue, the authors introduce a large-scale dataset called GV-Rep, featuring variable-length contexts and detailed annotations for deep learning models to learn GV representations across various traits, diseases, tissue types, and experimental contexts. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Genetic variants are differences in DNA sequences among individuals that play a crucial role in diagnosing and treating genetic diseases. With the rapid decrease in next-generation sequencing cost, there is an exponential increase in patient-level genetic variant data. Clinicians must efficiently prioritize patient-specific genetic variants and integrate them with existing genomic databases to inform patient management. A new approach uses deep learning methods to classify unknown genetic variants and align them with clinically-verified ones. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Deep learning
