CeTF: an R package to Coexpression for Transcription Factors using Regulatory Impact Factors (RIF) and Partial Correlation and Information (PCIT) analysis

Abstract

Finding meaningful gene-gene associations and the main Transcription Factors (TFs) in co-expression networks is one of the most important challenges in gene expression data mining. CeTF is an R package that integrates the Partial Correlation with Information Theory (PCIT) and Regulatory Impact Factors (RIF) algorithms applied to gene expression data from microarray, RNA-seq, or single-cell RNA-seq platforms. This approach allows identifying the transcription factors most likely to regulate a given network in different biological systems — for example, regulation of gene pathways in tumor stromal cells and tumor cells of the same tumor. This pipeline can be easily integrated into the high-throughput analysis.