Table 2 Feature importances for the classifier predicting three levels of MGD from relative protein quantifications using SHAP weighted by model uncertainty.

From: Using machine learning model explanations to identify proteins related to severity of meibomian gland dysfunction

Rank

Protein (accession number), incl. BL

Protein (accession number), excl. BL

1

Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2 variant 1 (Q13404)

Polymeric immunoglobulin receptor (P01833)

2

Endoplasmic reticulum resident protein 29 (P30040)

Mannose-1-phosphate guanyltransferase alpha (Q96IJ6)

3

Polymeric immunoglobulin receptor (P01833)

Tissue alpha-L-fucosidase (P04066)

4

Tissue alpha-L-fucosidase (P04066)

Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2 variant 1 (Q13404)

5

Malate dehydrogenase, cytoplasmic (P40925)

Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein M (P52272)

6

Prostaglandin reductase 1 (Q14914)

Endoplasmic reticulum resident protein 29 (P30040)

7

Mannose-1-phosphate guanyltransferase alpha (Q96IJ6)

IGKV2-24 (A0A0C4DH68)

8

IGKV2-24 (A0A0C4DH68)

40S ribosomal protein SA (P08865)

9

Glutathione peroxidase 1 (P07203)

Prostaglandin reductase 1 (Q14914)

10

IGG1 (P0DOX5)

UDP-glucose 4-epimerase (Q14376)

11

Phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate 4-kinase type-2 gamma (Q8TBX8)

Phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate 4-kinase type-2 gamma (Q8TBX8)

12

Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein M (P52272)

PRP4 (Q16378)

13

Psoriasin (P31151)

Protein S100-A8 (P05109)

14

ADH7 (P40394)

SH2 domain-containing protein 4A (Q9H788)

15

PRP4 (Q16378)

Malate dehydrogenase, cytoplasmic (P40925)

  1. Bold font: Not among the original top ranked features. BL, borderline predictions.