Authors
Haeun Moon, Jin-Hong Du, Jing Lei, Kathryn Roeder
Published in
The annals of applied statistics. Volume 19. Issue 2. Pages 1006-1027. Epub May 28, 2025.
Abstract
Quantitative measurements produced by mass spectrometry proteomics experiments offer a direct way to explore the role of proteins in molecular mechanisms. However, analysis of such data is challenging due to the large proportion of missing values. A common strategy to address this issue is to utilize an imputed dataset, which often introduces systematic bias into downstream analyses if the imputation errors are ignored. In this paper we propose a statistical framework, inspired by doubly robust estimators, that offers valid and efficient inference for proteomic data. Our framework combines powerful machine learning tools, such as variational autoencoders, to augment the imputation quality with high-dimensional peptide data, and a parametric model to estimate the propensity score for debiasing imputed outcomes. Our estimator is compatible with the double machine learning framework and has provable properties. Simulation studies verify its empirical superiority over other existing procedures. In application to both single-cell proteomic data and bulk-cell Alzheimer's disease data our method utilizes the imputed data to gain additional, meaningful discoveries and yet maintains good control of false positives.
PMID:
42438728
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