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. 2023 Mar 22;13:98. doi: 10.1038/s41398-023-02390-w

Table 1.

Prediction accuracy of BrainGENIE (40-PC model) computed via fivefold cross-validation of the GTEx Project (v.8) release across the 12 brain tissues.

All predicted genes Significantly predicted genes
Brain tissue n donors (paired blood–brain transcriptomes) # of measured genes % of genes measured in tissue compared to all annotated genes (GRCh38) Mean training R2 Mean CV R2 Max CV R2 # of genes % of measured genes % of genes measured in tissue compared to all annotated genes (GRCh38) Mean training R2 Mean CV R2 Mean CV Pearson’s r
Amygdala 88 18,957 34 0.65 0.05 0.39 4265 22 8 0.70 0.13 0.36
Anterior cingulate cortex BA24 99 19,236 34 0.56 0.05 0.43 6799 35 12 0.59 0.11 0.33
Caudate basal ganglia 137 20,524 37 0.46 0.06 0.38 10,772 52 19 0.50 0.09 0.30
Cerebellum (Fresh frozen) 131 20,540 37 0.48 0.06 0.5 9573 47 17 0.53 0.11 0.33
Cerebellum (PAXgene preserved) 154 21,494 38 0.42 0.05 0.39 10,098 47 18 0.47 0.09 0.30
Frontal cortex (PAXgene preserved) 141 20,340 36 0.42 0.06 0.5 10,186 50 18 0.46 0.10 0.32
Frontal Cortex (Fresh frozen) 125 19,983 36 0.49 0.07 0.5 11,816 59 21 0.53 0.11 0.33
Hippocampus 122 20,189 36 0.47 0.03 0.46 4008 20 7 0.53 0.10 0.32
Hypothalamus 114 20,839 37 0.50 0.04 0.56 5749 28 10 0.56 0.11 0.33
Nucleus accumbens basal ganglia 148 20,884 37 0.43 0.05 0.46 11,252 54 20 0.47 0.09 0.30
Putamen basal ganglia 125 19,330 34 0.49 0.06 0.54 10,350 54 18 0.53 0.11 0.33
Substantia nigra 86 18,882 34 0.62 0.04 0.51 2947 16 5 0.69 0.14 0.37

The proportion of genes expressed in the whole blood accounts for 31% of all genes annotated in the GRCh38 genome assembly. The criteria for declaring genes “significantly predicted” is as follows: cross-validation [CV] R2 ≥ 0.01, CV FDRp ≤ 0.05. The total number of genes detected in each brain tissue for which BrainGENIE models were trained appears in the third column (“# of genes”). The proportion of genes that were significantly predicted by BrainGENIE from the total number of detected genes per brain tissue is presented in the ninth column (“% of genes”).