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This renders many standard algorithms for graphical models inapplicable, and inferring genetic networks an \u2018ill-posed\u2019 inverse problem.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Methods: We introduce a novel framework for small-sample inference of graphical models from gene expression data. Specifically, we focus on the so-called graphical Gaussian models (GGMs) that are now frequently used to describe gene association networks and to detect conditionally dependent genes. Our new approach is based on (1) improved (regularized) small-sample point estimates of partial correlation, (2) an exact test of edge inclusion with adaptive estimation of the degree of freedom and (3) a heuristic network search based on false discovery rate multiple testing. Steps (2) and (3) correspond to an empirical Bayes estimate of the network topology.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Results: Using computer simulations, we investigate the sensitivity (power) and specificity (true negative rate) of the proposed framework to estimate GGMs from microarray data. This shows that it is possible to recover the true network topology with high accuracy even for small-sample datasets. Subsequently, we analyze gene expression data from a breast cancer tumor study and illustrate our approach by inferring a corresponding large-scale gene association network for 3883 genes.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Availability: The authors have implemented the approach in the R package \u2018GeneTS\u2019 that is freely available from http:\/\/www.stat.uni-muenchen.de\/~strimmer\/genets\/, from the R archive (CRAN) and from the Bioconductor website.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Contact: \u00a0korbinian.strimmer@lmu.de<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/bioinformatics\/bti062","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2004,10,13]],"date-time":"2004-10-13T01:32:31Z","timestamp":1097631151000},"page":"754-764","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":573,"title":["An empirical Bayes approach to inferring large-scale gene association networks"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"21","author":[{"given":"Juliane","family":"Sch\u00e4fer","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Statistics, University of Munich Ludwigstrasse 33, D-80539 Munich, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Korbinian","family":"Strimmer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Statistics, University of Munich Ludwigstrasse 33, D-80539 Munich, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2004,10,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"2023013107224427100_B1","unstructured":"Aruffo, A. and Seed, B. 1983Molecular cloning of two CD7 (T-cell leukemia antigen) cDNAs by a COS cell expression system. 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