This function creates a matrix with rows (genes) and columns (mirnas) with values indicating if miRNA-gene pair is target according putative targets and negative correlation of the expression of both molecules.

findTargets(mirna_rse, gene_rse, target, summarize = "group",
  min_cor = -0.6)

Arguments

mirna_rse

SummarizedExperiment::SummarizedExperiment with miRNA information. See details.

gene_rse

SummarizedExperiment::SummarizedExperiment with gene information. See details.

target

Data.frame with two columns: gene and miRNA.

summarize

Character column name in colData(rse) to use to group samples and compare betweem miRNA/gene expression.

min_cor

Numeric cutoff for correlation value that will be use to consider a miRNA-gene pair as valid.

Value

mirna-gene matrix

Examples

data(isoExample) mirna_ma <- matrix(rbinom(20*25, c(0, 1), 1), ncol = 20) colnames(mirna_ma) <- rownames(mirna_ex_rse) rownames(mirna_ma) <- rownames(gene_ex_rse) corMat <- findTargets(mirna_ex_rse, gene_ex_rse, mirna_ma)
#> Error in pairsMatrix(target): Need a data.frame with 2 columns: gene, mir.