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Metabolic Labeling and Profiling of Transfer RNAs Using Macroarrays
Published on: January 16, 2018
Molecular signatures that can be transferred across different omics platforms
M Altenbuchinger1, P Schwarzfischer2, T Rehberg1
1Statistical Bioinformatics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
Motivation:
Molecular signatures for treatment recommendations are well researched. Still it is challenging to apply them to data generated by different protocols or technical platforms.
Results:
We analyzed paired data for the same tumors (Burkitt lymphoma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma) and features that had been generated by different experimental protocols and analytical platforms including the nanoString nCounter and Affymetrix Gene Chip transcriptomics as well as the SWATH and SRM proteomics platforms. A statistical model that assumes independent sample and feature effects accounted for 69-94% of technical variability. We analyzed how variability is propagated through linear signatures possibly affecting predictions and treatment recommendations. Linear signatures with feature weights adding to zero were substantially more robust than unbalanced signatures. They yielded consistent predictions across data from different platforms, both for transcriptomics and proteomics data. Similarly stable were their predictions across data from fresh frozen and matching formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded human tumor tissue.
Availability And Implementation:
The R-package 'zeroSum' can be downloaded at https://github.com/rehbergT/zeroSum . Complete data and R codes necessary to reproduce all our results can be received from the authors upon request.
Contact:
rainer.spang@ur.de.
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