cTWAS analysis using summary statistics

ctwas_sumstats(
  z_snp,
  weights,
  region_info,
  LD_map,
  snp_map,
  z_gene = NULL,
  thin = 0.1,
  niter_prefit = 3,
  niter = 30,
  L = 5,
  init_group_prior = NULL,
  init_group_prior_var = NULL,
  group_prior_var_structure = c("shared_type", "shared_context", "shared_nonSNP",
    "shared_all", "independent"),
  filter_L = TRUE,
  filter_nonSNP_PIP = FALSE,
  min_nonSNP_PIP = 0.5,
  min_p_single_effect = 0.8,
  maxSNP = Inf,
  min_var = 2,
  min_gene = 1,
  min_group_size = 100,
  use_null_weight = TRUE,
  coverage = 0.95,
  min_abs_corr = 0.1,
  LD_format = c("rds", "rdata", "mtx", "csv", "txt", "custom"),
  LD_loader_fun = NULL,
  snpinfo_loader_fun = NULL,
  force_compute_cor = FALSE,
  save_cor = FALSE,
  cor_dir = NULL,
  outputdir = NULL,
  outname = "ctwas",
  ncore = 1,
  ncore_LD = max(ncore - 1, 1),
  seed = 99,
  logfile = NULL,
  verbose = FALSE,
  ...
)

Arguments

z_snp

A data frame with four columns: "id", "A1", "A2", "z". giving the z scores for SNPs. "A1" is effect allele. "A2" is the other allele.

weights

a list of pre-processed prediction weights.

region_info

a data frame of region definitions.

LD_map

a data frame with filenames of LD matrices and SNP information for the regions.

snp_map

a list of data frames with SNP-to-region map for the reference.

z_gene

A data frame with columns: "id", "z", giving the z-scores for genes.

thin

The proportion of SNPs to be used for estimating parameters and screening regions.

niter_prefit

the number of iterations of the E-M algorithm to perform during the initial parameter estimation step.

niter

the number of iterations of the E-M algorithm to perform during the complete parameter estimation step.

L

the number of effects for susie during the fine mapping steps.

init_group_prior

a vector of initial values of prior inclusion probabilities for SNPs and genes.

init_group_prior_var

a vector of initial values of prior variances for SNPs and gene effects.

group_prior_var_structure

a string indicating the structure to put on the prior variance parameters. "shared_type" allows all groups in one molecular QTL type to share the same variance parameter. "shared_context" allows all groups in one context (tissue, cell type, condition) to share the same variance parameter. "shared_nonSNP" allows all non-SNP groups to share the same variance parameter. "shared_all" allows all groups to share the same variance parameter. "independent" allows all groups to have their own separate variance parameters.

filter_L

If TRUE, screening regions with L > 0.

filter_nonSNP_PIP

If TRUE, screening regions with total non-SNP PIP >= min_nonSNP_PIP.

min_nonSNP_PIP

Regions with non-SNP PIP >= min_nonSNP_PIP will be selected to run finemapping using all SNPs.

min_p_single_effect

Regions with probability greater than min_p_single_effect of having 1 or fewer effects will be used for parameter estimation.

maxSNP

Inf or integer. Maximum number of SNPs in a region. Default is Inf, no limit. This can be useful if there are many SNPs in a region and you don't have enough memory to run the program.

min_var

minimum number of variables (SNPs and genes) in a region when estimating paramters and screening regions.

min_gene

minimum number of genes in a region when estimating paramters and screening regions.

min_group_size

Minimum number of genes in a group. Groups with number of genes < min_group_size will be removed for the analysis.

use_null_weight

If TRUE, allow for a probability of no effect in susie.

coverage

A number between 0 and 1 specifying the “coverage” of the estimated confidence sets.

min_abs_corr

Minimum absolute correlation allowed in a credible set.

LD_format

file format for LD matrix. If "custom", use a user defined LD_loader_fun() function to load LD matrix.

LD_loader_fun

a user defined function to load LD matrix when LD_format = "custom".

snpinfo_loader_fun

a user defined function to load SNP information file, if SNP information files are not in standard cTWAS reference format.

force_compute_cor

If TRUE, force computing correlation (R) matrices.

save_cor

If TRUE, save correlation (R) matrices to cor_dir.

cor_dir

The directory to store correlation (R) matrices.

outputdir

The directory to store output. If specified, save outputs to the directory.

outname

The output name.

ncore

The number of cores used to parallelize computing over regions.

ncore_LD

The number of cores used to parallelize computing correlation matrices, in screening regions and fine-mapping steps with LD.

seed

seed for random sampling when thinning the SNPs in region data.

logfile

The log filename. If NULL, print log info on screen.

verbose

If TRUE, print detailed messages.

...

Additional arguments of susie_rss.

Value

a list, including z_gene, estimated parameters, region_data, cross-boundary genes, screening region results, and fine-mapping results.