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Main Authors: Lee, Eun Hye, Jo, Taeho
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.00673
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author Lee, Eun Hye
Jo, Taeho
author_facet Lee, Eun Hye
Jo, Taeho
contents Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia is the most common form of dementia. With the emergence of disease-modifying therapies, predicting disease risk before symptom onset has become critical. We introduce DuAL-Net, a hybrid deep learning framework for AD dementia prediction using whole genome sequencing (WGS) data. DuAL-Net integrates two components: local probability modeling, which segments the genome into non-overlapping windows, and global annotation-based modeling, which annotates SNPs and reorganizes WGS input to capture long-range functional relationships. Both employ out-of-fold stacking with TabNet and Random Forest classifiers. Final predictions combine local and global probabilities using an optimized weighting parameter alpha. We analyzed WGS data from 1,050 individuals (443 cognitively normal, 607 AD dementia) using five-fold cross-validation. DuAL-Net achieved an AUC of 0.671 using top-ranked SNPs, representing 35.0% and 20.3% higher performance than bottom-ranked and randomly selected SNPs, respectively. ROC analysis demonstrated strong positive correlation between SNP prioritization rank and predictive power. The model identified known AD-associated SNPs as top contributors alongside potentially novel variants. DuAL-Net presents a promising framework improving both predictive accuracy and biological interpretability. The framework and web implementation offer an accessible platform for broader research applications.
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spellingShingle DuAL-Net: A Hybrid Framework for Alzheimer's Disease Prediction from Whole-Genome Sequencing via Local SNP Windows and Global Annotations
Lee, Eun Hye
Jo, Taeho
Genomics
Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia is the most common form of dementia. With the emergence of disease-modifying therapies, predicting disease risk before symptom onset has become critical. We introduce DuAL-Net, a hybrid deep learning framework for AD dementia prediction using whole genome sequencing (WGS) data. DuAL-Net integrates two components: local probability modeling, which segments the genome into non-overlapping windows, and global annotation-based modeling, which annotates SNPs and reorganizes WGS input to capture long-range functional relationships. Both employ out-of-fold stacking with TabNet and Random Forest classifiers. Final predictions combine local and global probabilities using an optimized weighting parameter alpha. We analyzed WGS data from 1,050 individuals (443 cognitively normal, 607 AD dementia) using five-fold cross-validation. DuAL-Net achieved an AUC of 0.671 using top-ranked SNPs, representing 35.0% and 20.3% higher performance than bottom-ranked and randomly selected SNPs, respectively. ROC analysis demonstrated strong positive correlation between SNP prioritization rank and predictive power. The model identified known AD-associated SNPs as top contributors alongside potentially novel variants. DuAL-Net presents a promising framework improving both predictive accuracy and biological interpretability. The framework and web implementation offer an accessible platform for broader research applications.
title DuAL-Net: A Hybrid Framework for Alzheimer's Disease Prediction from Whole-Genome Sequencing via Local SNP Windows and Global Annotations
topic Genomics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.00673