gLinDA: A privacy-preserving, swarm learning toolbox for differential abundance analysis of microbiomes

Count data, such as gene expression and microbiome composition, play a significant role in various diseases, including cancer, obesity, inflammatory bowel disease, and mental health disorders. For instance, understanding the differences in microbial abundance between patients is essential for uncove...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Leon Fehse, Mohammad Tajabadi, Roman Martin, Hajo Holzmann, Dominik Heider
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-01-01
Series:Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S200103702500296X
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1850039470856863744
author Leon Fehse
Mohammad Tajabadi
Roman Martin
Hajo Holzmann
Dominik Heider
author_facet Leon Fehse
Mohammad Tajabadi
Roman Martin
Hajo Holzmann
Dominik Heider
author_sort Leon Fehse
collection DOAJ
description Count data, such as gene expression and microbiome composition, play a significant role in various diseases, including cancer, obesity, inflammatory bowel disease, and mental health disorders. For instance, understanding the differences in microbial abundance between patients is essential for uncovering the microbiome's impact on these conditions. Differential abundance analysis (DAA) can detect significant changes between groups of patients. However, since individuals have unique microbial fingerprints that could potentially be identifiable, microbiome data must be treated as sensitive patient data, which poses problems for collaborative studies in the medical field. In this work, we introduce gLinDA, a global differential abundance analysis tool that employs a privacy-preserving swarm learning approach for the analysis of distributed datasets. gLinDA maintains predictive performance while safeguarding patient sensitive data.
format Article
id doaj-art-30ea5dcda0d94055ac57b7b7efd44ade
institution DOAJ
issn 2001-0370
language English
publishDate 2025-01-01
publisher Elsevier
record_format Article
series Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
spelling doaj-art-30ea5dcda0d94055ac57b7b7efd44ade2025-08-20T02:56:20ZengElsevierComputational and Structural Biotechnology Journal2001-03702025-01-01273456346310.1016/j.csbj.2025.07.031gLinDA: A privacy-preserving, swarm learning toolbox for differential abundance analysis of microbiomesLeon Fehse0Mohammad Tajabadi1Roman Martin2Hajo Holzmann3Dominik Heider4University of Münster, Institute of Medical Informatics, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Münster, 48149, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; Institute for Computer Science, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Graf-Adolf-Str. 63, Düsseldorf, 40215, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyUniversity of Münster, Institute of Medical Informatics, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Münster, 48149, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; Institute for Computer Science, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Graf-Adolf-Str. 63, Düsseldorf, 40215, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyUniversity of Münster, Institute of Medical Informatics, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Münster, 48149, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; Institute for Computer Science, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Graf-Adolf-Str. 63, Düsseldorf, 40215, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyDepartment of Mathematics and Computer Science, Philipps University of Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Str. 6, Marburg, 35032, Hesse, GermanyUniversity of Münster, Institute of Medical Informatics, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Münster, 48149, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; Institute for Computer Science, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Graf-Adolf-Str. 63, Düsseldorf, 40215, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Philipps University of Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Str. 6, Marburg, 35032, Hesse, Germany; Corresponding author at: University of Münster, Institute of Medical Informatics, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Münster, 48149, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.Count data, such as gene expression and microbiome composition, play a significant role in various diseases, including cancer, obesity, inflammatory bowel disease, and mental health disorders. For instance, understanding the differences in microbial abundance between patients is essential for uncovering the microbiome's impact on these conditions. Differential abundance analysis (DAA) can detect significant changes between groups of patients. However, since individuals have unique microbial fingerprints that could potentially be identifiable, microbiome data must be treated as sensitive patient data, which poses problems for collaborative studies in the medical field. In this work, we introduce gLinDA, a global differential abundance analysis tool that employs a privacy-preserving swarm learning approach for the analysis of distributed datasets. gLinDA maintains predictive performance while safeguarding patient sensitive data.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S200103702500296XMicrobiomeDifferential abundance analysisSwarm learning
spellingShingle Leon Fehse
Mohammad Tajabadi
Roman Martin
Hajo Holzmann
Dominik Heider
gLinDA: A privacy-preserving, swarm learning toolbox for differential abundance analysis of microbiomes
Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
Microbiome
Differential abundance analysis
Swarm learning
title gLinDA: A privacy-preserving, swarm learning toolbox for differential abundance analysis of microbiomes
title_full gLinDA: A privacy-preserving, swarm learning toolbox for differential abundance analysis of microbiomes
title_fullStr gLinDA: A privacy-preserving, swarm learning toolbox for differential abundance analysis of microbiomes
title_full_unstemmed gLinDA: A privacy-preserving, swarm learning toolbox for differential abundance analysis of microbiomes
title_short gLinDA: A privacy-preserving, swarm learning toolbox for differential abundance analysis of microbiomes
title_sort glinda a privacy preserving swarm learning toolbox for differential abundance analysis of microbiomes
topic Microbiome
Differential abundance analysis
Swarm learning
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S200103702500296X
work_keys_str_mv AT leonfehse glindaaprivacypreservingswarmlearningtoolboxfordifferentialabundanceanalysisofmicrobiomes
AT mohammadtajabadi glindaaprivacypreservingswarmlearningtoolboxfordifferentialabundanceanalysisofmicrobiomes
AT romanmartin glindaaprivacypreservingswarmlearningtoolboxfordifferentialabundanceanalysisofmicrobiomes
AT hajoholzmann glindaaprivacypreservingswarmlearningtoolboxfordifferentialabundanceanalysisofmicrobiomes
AT dominikheider glindaaprivacypreservingswarmlearningtoolboxfordifferentialabundanceanalysisofmicrobiomes