Guidelines for releasing a variant effect predictor

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Auteurs principaux: Livesey, Benjamin J., Badonyi, Mihaly, Dias, Mafalda, Frazer, Jonathan, Kumar, Sushant, Lindorff-Larsen, Kresten, McCandlish, David M., Orenbuch, Rose, Shearer, Courtney A., Muffley, Lara, Foreman, Julia, Glazer, Andrew M., Lehner, Ben, Marks, Debora S., Roth, Frederick P., Rubin, Alan F., Starita, Lea M., Marsh, Joseph A.
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author Livesey, Benjamin J.
Badonyi, Mihaly
Dias, Mafalda
Frazer, Jonathan
Kumar, Sushant
Lindorff-Larsen, Kresten
McCandlish, David M.
Orenbuch, Rose
Shearer, Courtney A.
Muffley, Lara
Foreman, Julia
Glazer, Andrew M.
Lehner, Ben
Marks, Debora S.
Roth, Frederick P.
Rubin, Alan F.
Starita, Lea M.
Marsh, Joseph A.
author_facet Livesey, Benjamin J.
Badonyi, Mihaly
Dias, Mafalda
Frazer, Jonathan
Kumar, Sushant
Lindorff-Larsen, Kresten
McCandlish, David M.
Orenbuch, Rose
Shearer, Courtney A.
Muffley, Lara
Foreman, Julia
Glazer, Andrew M.
Lehner, Ben
Marks, Debora S.
Roth, Frederick P.
Rubin, Alan F.
Starita, Lea M.
Marsh, Joseph A.
contents Computational methods for assessing the likely impacts of mutations, known as variant effect predictors (VEPs), are widely used in the assessment and interpretation of human genetic variation, as well as in other applications like protein engineering. Many different VEPs have been released to date, and there is tremendous variability in their underlying algorithms and outputs, and in the ways in which the methodologies and predictions are shared. This leads to considerable challenges for end users in knowing which VEPs to use and how to use them. Here, to address these issues, we provide guidelines and recommendations for the release of novel VEPs. Emphasising open-source availability, transparent methodologies, clear variant effect score interpretations, standardised scales, accessible predictions, and rigorous training data disclosure, we aim to improve the usability and interpretability of VEPs, and promote their integration into analysis and evaluation pipelines. We also provide a large, categorised list of currently available VEPs, aiming to facilitate the discovery and encourage the usage of novel methods within the scientific community.
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spellingShingle Guidelines for releasing a variant effect predictor
Livesey, Benjamin J.
Badonyi, Mihaly
Dias, Mafalda
Frazer, Jonathan
Kumar, Sushant
Lindorff-Larsen, Kresten
McCandlish, David M.
Orenbuch, Rose
Shearer, Courtney A.
Muffley, Lara
Foreman, Julia
Glazer, Andrew M.
Lehner, Ben
Marks, Debora S.
Roth, Frederick P.
Rubin, Alan F.
Starita, Lea M.
Marsh, Joseph A.
Other Quantitative Biology
Computational methods for assessing the likely impacts of mutations, known as variant effect predictors (VEPs), are widely used in the assessment and interpretation of human genetic variation, as well as in other applications like protein engineering. Many different VEPs have been released to date, and there is tremendous variability in their underlying algorithms and outputs, and in the ways in which the methodologies and predictions are shared. This leads to considerable challenges for end users in knowing which VEPs to use and how to use them. Here, to address these issues, we provide guidelines and recommendations for the release of novel VEPs. Emphasising open-source availability, transparent methodologies, clear variant effect score interpretations, standardised scales, accessible predictions, and rigorous training data disclosure, we aim to improve the usability and interpretability of VEPs, and promote their integration into analysis and evaluation pipelines. We also provide a large, categorised list of currently available VEPs, aiming to facilitate the discovery and encourage the usage of novel methods within the scientific community.
title Guidelines for releasing a variant effect predictor
topic Other Quantitative Biology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.10807