AnyExpress: Integrated toolkit for analysis of cross-platform gene expression data using a fast interval matching algorithm
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Cross-platform analysis of gene express data requires multiple, intricate processes at different layers with various platforms. However, existing tools handle only a single platform and are not flexible enough to support custom chang...
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| author | Jung Hyunchul Patel Kiltesh Kim Jihoon Kuo Winston P Ohno-Machado Lucila |
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Cross-platform analysis of gene express data requires multiple, intricate processes at different layers with various platforms. However, existing tools handle only a single platform and are not flexible enough to support custom changes, which arise from the new statistical methods, updated versions of reference data, and better platforms released every month or year. Current tools are so tightly coupled with reference information, such as reference genome, transcriptome database, and SNP, which are often erroneous or outdated, that the output results are incorrect and misleading.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>We developed AnyExpress, a software package that combines cross-platform gene expression data using a fast interval-matching algorithm. Supported platforms include next-generation-sequencing technology, microarray, SAGE, MPSS, and more. Users can define custom target transcriptome database references for probe/read mapping in any species, as well as criteria to remove undesirable probes/reads.</p> <p>AnyExpress offers scalable processing features such as binding, normalization, and summarization that are not present in existing software tools.</p> <p>As a case study, we applied AnyExpress to published Affymetrix microarray and Illumina NGS RNA-Seq data from human kidney and liver. The mean of within-platform correlation coefficient was 0.98 for within-platform samples in kidney and liver, respectively. The mean of cross-platform correlation coefficients was 0.73. These results confirmed those of the original and secondary studies. Applying filtering produced higher agreement between microarray and NGS, according to an agreement index calculated from differentially expressed genes.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>AnyExpress can combine cross-platform gene expression data, process data from both open- and closed-platforms, select a custom target reference, filter out undesirable probes or reads based on custom-defined biological features, and perform quantile-normalization with a large number of microarray samples. AnyExpress is fast, comprehensive, flexible, and freely available at <url>http://anyexpress.sourceforge.net</url>.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1a3f71b5ee2e48d5a212842efe283f842022-12-22T01:07:36ZengBMCBMC Bioinformatics1471-21052011-03-011217510.1186/1471-2105-12-75AnyExpress: Integrated toolkit for analysis of cross-platform gene expression data using a fast interval matching algorithmJung HyunchulPatel KilteshKim JihoonKuo Winston POhno-Machado Lucila<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Cross-platform analysis of gene express data requires multiple, intricate processes at different layers with various platforms. However, existing tools handle only a single platform and are not flexible enough to support custom changes, which arise from the new statistical methods, updated versions of reference data, and better platforms released every month or year. Current tools are so tightly coupled with reference information, such as reference genome, transcriptome database, and SNP, which are often erroneous or outdated, that the output results are incorrect and misleading.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>We developed AnyExpress, a software package that combines cross-platform gene expression data using a fast interval-matching algorithm. Supported platforms include next-generation-sequencing technology, microarray, SAGE, MPSS, and more. Users can define custom target transcriptome database references for probe/read mapping in any species, as well as criteria to remove undesirable probes/reads.</p> <p>AnyExpress offers scalable processing features such as binding, normalization, and summarization that are not present in existing software tools.</p> <p>As a case study, we applied AnyExpress to published Affymetrix microarray and Illumina NGS RNA-Seq data from human kidney and liver. The mean of within-platform correlation coefficient was 0.98 for within-platform samples in kidney and liver, respectively. The mean of cross-platform correlation coefficients was 0.73. These results confirmed those of the original and secondary studies. Applying filtering produced higher agreement between microarray and NGS, according to an agreement index calculated from differentially expressed genes.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>AnyExpress can combine cross-platform gene expression data, process data from both open- and closed-platforms, select a custom target reference, filter out undesirable probes or reads based on custom-defined biological features, and perform quantile-normalization with a large number of microarray samples. AnyExpress is fast, comprehensive, flexible, and freely available at <url>http://anyexpress.sourceforge.net</url>.</p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/12/75 |
| spellingShingle | Jung Hyunchul Patel Kiltesh Kim Jihoon Kuo Winston P Ohno-Machado Lucila AnyExpress: Integrated toolkit for analysis of cross-platform gene expression data using a fast interval matching algorithm BMC Bioinformatics |
| title | AnyExpress: Integrated toolkit for analysis of cross-platform gene expression data using a fast interval matching algorithm |
| title_full | AnyExpress: Integrated toolkit for analysis of cross-platform gene expression data using a fast interval matching algorithm |
| title_fullStr | AnyExpress: Integrated toolkit for analysis of cross-platform gene expression data using a fast interval matching algorithm |
| title_full_unstemmed | AnyExpress: Integrated toolkit for analysis of cross-platform gene expression data using a fast interval matching algorithm |
| title_short | AnyExpress: Integrated toolkit for analysis of cross-platform gene expression data using a fast interval matching algorithm |
| title_sort | anyexpress integrated toolkit for analysis of cross platform gene expression data using a fast interval matching algorithm |
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