Inference of dynamical gene regulatory networks from single-cell data with physics informed neural networks

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2401.07379v1
• Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2024 21:43:10 GMT
• Title: Inference of dynamical gene regulatory networks from single-cell data with physics informed neural networks
• Authors: Maria Mircea, Diego Garlaschelli, Stefan Semrau
• Abstract summary: We show how physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) can be used to infer the parameters of predictive, dynamical GRNs. Specifically we study GRNs that exhibit bifurcation behavior and can therefore model cell differentiation.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: One of the main goals of developmental biology is to reveal the gene regulatory networks (GRNs) underlying the robust differentiation of multipotent progenitors into precisely specified cell types. Most existing methods to infer GRNs from experimental data have limited predictive power as the inferred GRNs merely reflect gene expression similarity or correlation. Here, we demonstrate, how physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) can be used to infer the parameters of predictive, dynamical GRNs that provide mechanistic understanding of biological processes. Specifically we study GRNs that exhibit bifurcation behavior and can therefore model cell differentiation. We show that PINNs outperform regular feed-forward neural networks on the parameter inference task and analyze two relevant experimental scenarios: 1. a system with cell communication for which gene expression trajectories are available and 2. snapshot measurements of a cell population in which cell communication is absent. Our analysis will inform the design of future experiments to be analyzed with PINNs and provides a starting point to explore this powerful class of neural network models further.

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