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ChromBPNet and Caduceus: Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning Models for Predicting Causative Regulatory Variants reverses the order

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Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning Models for Predicting Causative Regulatory Variants ranks ChromBPNet above Caduceus in 4 of 4 comparisons; other studies rank Caduceus above ChromBPNet in 6 of 6.

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Which studies agree

GUANinE v1.1 reveals complementarity… ranks Caduceus above ChromBPNet in all 6 of its comparisons. Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning… ranks ChromBPNet above Caduceus in all 4 of its comparisons.

Papers grouped by which system they rank higher: Caduceus or ChromBPNetRank Caduceus higher: GUANinE v1.1 reveals complementarity…. Rank ChromBPNet higher: Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning… (disagrees). Mixed: none.Rank Caduceus higherMixedRank ChromBPNet higherGUANinE v1.1 revealscomplementarity…GUANinE v1.1 reveals complementarity of supervised and genomic language modelsComparative Analysisof Deep Learning…Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning Models for Predicting Causative Regulatory Variants
  • Rank Caduceus higher (1): GUANinE v1.1 reveals complementarity…
  • Rank ChromBPNet higher (1): Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning… (disagrees)
  • Mixed (0): none

Each paper sits where at least two thirds of its comparisons point; Mixed means neither model reaches two thirds. The larger, outlined dot is the paper that disagrees.

Comparisons in which each paper scores Caduceus or ChromBPNet higherComparative Analysis of Deep Learning… (disagrees): Caduceus higher in 0, ChromBPNet higher in 4, 0 ties. GUANinE v1.1 reveals complementarity…: Caduceus higher in 6, ChromBPNet higher in 0, 0 ties.Disagrees: Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning…Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning Models for Predicting Causative Regulatory Variants4 ChromBPNet higher4GUANinE v1.1 reveals complementarity…GUANinE v1.1 reveals complementarity of supervised and genomic language models6 Caduceus higher6
Caduceus higherTieChromBPNet higherNumbers are counts of comparisons; the outlined bar is the paper that disagrees.
Comparisons in Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning… (4)
ProtocolDatasetMetricCaduceusChromBPNetHigher
Allelic reporter effect correlation in HeLa (Manzo et al. 2025 Table 1)HeLa regulatory variant reporter data (Manzo et al. 2025)Pearson (predicted versus measured log2 fold-change of variant effect), unitless0.020.289ChromBPNet
Allelic reporter effect correlation in HepG2 (Manzo et al. 2025 Table 1)HepG2 regulatory variant reporter data (Manzo et al. 2025)Pearson (predicted versus measured log2 fold-change of variant effect), unitless0.1080.295ChromBPNet
Allelic reporter effect correlation in K562 (Manzo et al. 2025 Table 1)K562 regulatory variant reporter data (Manzo et al. 2025)Pearson (predicted versus measured log2 fold-change of variant effect), unitless0.1330.287ChromBPNet
Allelic reporter effect correlation in NPC (Manzo et al. 2025 Table 1)NPC regulatory variant reporter data (Manzo et al. 2025)Pearson (predicted versus measured log2 fold-change of variant effect), unitless0.0230.08ChromBPNet
Comparisons in GUANinE v1.1 reveals complementarity… (6)
ProtocolDatasetMetricCaduceusChromBPNetHigher
GUANinE v1.1 ccre-propensity, Spearman rho x100 (Table 2)GUANinE ccre-propensity test setSpearman (GUANinE v1.1 test set), unitless41.340.5Caduceus
GUANinE v1.1 cons100, Spearman rho x100 (Table 2)GUANinE cons100 test setSpearman (GUANinE v1.1 test set), unitless62.441.5Caduceus
GUANinE v1.1 cons30, Spearman rho x100 (Table 2)GUANinE cons30 test setSpearman (GUANinE v1.1 test set), unitless74.447.8Caduceus
GUANinE v1.1 dnase-propensity, Spearman rho x100 (Table 2)GUANinE dnase-propensity test setSpearman (GUANinE v1.1 test set), unitless4341.5Caduceus
GUANinE v1.1 gpra-c, Spearman rho x100 (Table 2)GUANinE gpra-c test setSpearman (GUANinE v1.1 test set), unitless72.471.1Caduceus
GUANinE v1.1 gpra-d, Spearman rho x100 (Table 2)GUANinE gpra-d test setSpearman (GUANinE v1.1 test set), unitless7674.9Caduceus

What disagrees

Other studies
rank Caduceus above ChromBPNet in 6 of 6 comparisons
This study
ranks ChromBPNet above Caduceus in 4 of 4 comparisons
Compared
ChromBPNet, Caduceus
Study that disagrees
Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning Models for Predicting Causative Regulatory Variants
Other studies
GUANinE v1.1 reveals complementarity of supervised and genomic language models
Rule
Ordering reversal; different tasks across studies
Model identity
Matched across studies partly through links not yet reviewed

The compared numbers

Each value links to its result record and source. Compare values within one protocol; the rule compares rankings, not raw values across protocols.

In the study that disagrees (8)
StudyToolProtocol or benchmarkMetricValue
Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning Models for Predicting Causative Regulatory VariantsCaduceus (Manzo et al. 2025)Allelic reporter effect correlation in HeLa (Manzo et al. 2025 Table 1)Pearson (predicted versus measured log2 fold-change of variant effect)0.02
Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning Models for Predicting Causative Regulatory VariantsChromBPNet (Manzo et al. 2025)Allelic reporter effect correlation in HeLa (Manzo et al. 2025 Table 1)Pearson (predicted versus measured log2 fold-change of variant effect)0.289
Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning Models for Predicting Causative Regulatory VariantsCaduceus (Manzo et al. 2025)Allelic reporter effect correlation in HepG2 (Manzo et al. 2025 Table 1)Pearson (predicted versus measured log2 fold-change of variant effect)0.108
Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning Models for Predicting Causative Regulatory VariantsChromBPNet (Manzo et al. 2025)Allelic reporter effect correlation in HepG2 (Manzo et al. 2025 Table 1)Pearson (predicted versus measured log2 fold-change of variant effect)0.295
Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning Models for Predicting Causative Regulatory VariantsCaduceus (Manzo et al. 2025)Allelic reporter effect correlation in K562 (Manzo et al. 2025 Table 1)Pearson (predicted versus measured log2 fold-change of variant effect)0.133
Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning Models for Predicting Causative Regulatory VariantsChromBPNet (Manzo et al. 2025)Allelic reporter effect correlation in K562 (Manzo et al. 2025 Table 1)Pearson (predicted versus measured log2 fold-change of variant effect)0.287
Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning Models for Predicting Causative Regulatory VariantsCaduceus (Manzo et al. 2025)Allelic reporter effect correlation in NPC (Manzo et al. 2025 Table 1)Pearson (predicted versus measured log2 fold-change of variant effect)0.023
Comparative Analysis of Deep Learning Models for Predicting Causative Regulatory VariantsChromBPNet (Manzo et al. 2025)Allelic reporter effect correlation in NPC (Manzo et al. 2025 Table 1)Pearson (predicted versus measured log2 fold-change of variant effect)0.08
In the other studies (12)
StudyToolProtocol or benchmarkMetricValue
GUANinE v1.1 reveals complementarity of supervised and genomic language modelsCaduceus-PS (1% eval (evaluated with 1% of the training set), GUANinE v1.1)GUANinE v1.1 ccre-propensity, Spearman rho x100 (Table 2)Spearman (GUANinE v1.1 test set)41.3
GUANinE v1.1 reveals complementarity of supervised and genomic language modelsCaduceus-PS (1% eval (evaluated with 1% of the training set), GUANinE v1.1)GUANinE v1.1 cons100, Spearman rho x100 (Table 2)Spearman (GUANinE v1.1 test set)62.4
GUANinE v1.1 reveals complementarity of supervised and genomic language modelsCaduceus-PS (1% eval (evaluated with 1% of the training set), GUANinE v1.1)GUANinE v1.1 cons30, Spearman rho x100 (Table 2)Spearman (GUANinE v1.1 test set)74.4
GUANinE v1.1 reveals complementarity of supervised and genomic language modelsCaduceus-PS (1% eval (evaluated with 1% of the training set), GUANinE v1.1)GUANinE v1.1 dnase-propensity, Spearman rho x100 (Table 2)Spearman (GUANinE v1.1 test set)43
GUANinE v1.1 reveals complementarity of supervised and genomic language modelsCaduceus-PS (1% eval (evaluated with 1% of the training set), GUANinE v1.1)GUANinE v1.1 gpra-c, Spearman rho x100 (Table 2)Spearman (GUANinE v1.1 test set)72.4
GUANinE v1.1 reveals complementarity of supervised and genomic language modelsCaduceus-PS (1% eval (evaluated with 1% of the training set), GUANinE v1.1)GUANinE v1.1 gpra-d, Spearman rho x100 (Table 2)Spearman (GUANinE v1.1 test set)76
GUANinE v1.1 reveals complementarity of supervised and genomic language modelsChromBPNet-ATAC-F0 (1% eval (evaluated with 1% of the training set), GUANinE v1.1)GUANinE v1.1 cons100, Spearman rho x100 (Table 2)Spearman (GUANinE v1.1 test set)41.5
GUANinE v1.1 reveals complementarity of supervised and genomic language modelsChromBPNet-ATAC-F0 (1% eval (evaluated with 1% of the training set), GUANinE v1.1)GUANinE v1.1 cons30, Spearman rho x100 (Table 2)Spearman (GUANinE v1.1 test set)47.8
GUANinE v1.1 reveals complementarity of supervised and genomic language modelsChromBPNet-ATAC-F0 (1% eval (evaluated with 1% of the training set), GUANinE v1.1)GUANinE v1.1 dnase-propensity, Spearman rho x100 (Table 2)Spearman (GUANinE v1.1 test set)41.5
GUANinE v1.1 reveals complementarity of supervised and genomic language modelsChromBPNet-ATAC-F0 (1% eval (evaluated with 1% of the training set), GUANinE v1.1)GUANinE v1.1 gpra-c, Spearman rho x100 (Table 2)Spearman (GUANinE v1.1 test set)71.1
GUANinE v1.1 reveals complementarity of supervised and genomic language modelsChromBPNet-ATAC-F0 (1% eval (evaluated with 1% of the training set), GUANinE v1.1)GUANinE v1.1 gpra-d, Spearman rho x100 (Table 2)Spearman (GUANinE v1.1 test set)74.9
GUANinE v1.1 reveals complementarity of supervised and genomic language modelsChromBPNet-ATAC-F3 (1% eval (evaluated with 1% of the training set), GUANinE v1.1)GUANinE v1.1 ccre-propensity, Spearman rho x100 (Table 2)Spearman (GUANinE v1.1 test set)40.5

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