Probe set filtering increases correlation between Affymetrix GeneChip and qRT-PCR expression measurements

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Affymetrix GeneChip microarrays are popular platforms for expression profiling in two types of studies: detection of differential expression computed by p-values of <it>t</it>-test and estimation of fold change between an...

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Main Authors: Dabrowski Michal, Tyburczy Magdalena E, Mieczkowski Jakub, Pokarowski Piotr
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Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-02-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/11/104
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author Dabrowski Michal
Tyburczy Magdalena E
Mieczkowski Jakub
Pokarowski Piotr
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Tyburczy Magdalena E
Mieczkowski Jakub
Pokarowski Piotr
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description <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Affymetrix GeneChip microarrays are popular platforms for expression profiling in two types of studies: detection of differential expression computed by p-values of <it>t</it>-test and estimation of fold change between analyzed groups. There are many different preprocessing algorithms for summarizing Affymetrix data. The main goal of these methods is to remove effects of non-specific hybridization, and to optimally combine information from multiple probes annotated to the same transcript. The methods are benchmarked by comparison with reference methods, such as quantitative reverse-transcription PCR (qRT-PCR).</p> <p>Results</p> <p>We present a comprehensive analysis of agreement between Affymetrix GeneChip and qRT-PCR results. We analyzed the influence of filtering by fraction Present calls introduced by J.N. McClintick and H.J. Edenberg (2006) and 2 mapping procedures: updated probe sets definitions proposed by Dai et al. (2005) and our "naive mapping" method. Because of evolution of genome sequence annotations since the time when microarrays were designed, we also studied the effect of the annotation release date. These comparisons were prepared for 6 popular preprocessing algorithms (MAS5, PLIER, RMA, GC-RMA, MBEI, and MBEImm) in the 2 above-mentioned types of studies. We used data sets from 6 independent biological experiments. As a measure of reproducibility of microarray and qRT-PCR values, we used linear and rank correlation coefficients.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>We show that filtering by fraction Present calls increased correlations for all 6 preprocessing algorithms. We observed the difference in performance of PM-MM and PM-only methods: using MM probes increased correlations in fold change studies, but PM-only methods proved to perform better in detection of differential expression. We recommend using GC-RMA for detection of differential expression and PLIER for estimation of fold change. The use of the more recent annotation improves the results in both types of studies, encouraging re-analysis of old data.</p>
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spelling doaj.art-e458c62b067f4edbb7c040200879bf4b2022-12-22T02:08:10ZengBMCBMC Bioinformatics1471-21052010-02-0111110410.1186/1471-2105-11-104Probe set filtering increases correlation between Affymetrix GeneChip and qRT-PCR expression measurementsDabrowski MichalTyburczy Magdalena EMieczkowski JakubPokarowski Piotr<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Affymetrix GeneChip microarrays are popular platforms for expression profiling in two types of studies: detection of differential expression computed by p-values of <it>t</it>-test and estimation of fold change between analyzed groups. There are many different preprocessing algorithms for summarizing Affymetrix data. The main goal of these methods is to remove effects of non-specific hybridization, and to optimally combine information from multiple probes annotated to the same transcript. The methods are benchmarked by comparison with reference methods, such as quantitative reverse-transcription PCR (qRT-PCR).</p> <p>Results</p> <p>We present a comprehensive analysis of agreement between Affymetrix GeneChip and qRT-PCR results. We analyzed the influence of filtering by fraction Present calls introduced by J.N. McClintick and H.J. Edenberg (2006) and 2 mapping procedures: updated probe sets definitions proposed by Dai et al. (2005) and our "naive mapping" method. Because of evolution of genome sequence annotations since the time when microarrays were designed, we also studied the effect of the annotation release date. These comparisons were prepared for 6 popular preprocessing algorithms (MAS5, PLIER, RMA, GC-RMA, MBEI, and MBEImm) in the 2 above-mentioned types of studies. We used data sets from 6 independent biological experiments. As a measure of reproducibility of microarray and qRT-PCR values, we used linear and rank correlation coefficients.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>We show that filtering by fraction Present calls increased correlations for all 6 preprocessing algorithms. We observed the difference in performance of PM-MM and PM-only methods: using MM probes increased correlations in fold change studies, but PM-only methods proved to perform better in detection of differential expression. We recommend using GC-RMA for detection of differential expression and PLIER for estimation of fold change. The use of the more recent annotation improves the results in both types of studies, encouraging re-analysis of old data.</p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/11/104
spellingShingle Dabrowski Michal
Tyburczy Magdalena E
Mieczkowski Jakub
Pokarowski Piotr
Probe set filtering increases correlation between Affymetrix GeneChip and qRT-PCR expression measurements
BMC Bioinformatics
title Probe set filtering increases correlation between Affymetrix GeneChip and qRT-PCR expression measurements
title_full Probe set filtering increases correlation between Affymetrix GeneChip and qRT-PCR expression measurements
title_fullStr Probe set filtering increases correlation between Affymetrix GeneChip and qRT-PCR expression measurements
title_full_unstemmed Probe set filtering increases correlation between Affymetrix GeneChip and qRT-PCR expression measurements
title_short Probe set filtering increases correlation between Affymetrix GeneChip and qRT-PCR expression measurements
title_sort probe set filtering increases correlation between affymetrix genechip and qrt pcr expression measurements
url http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/11/104
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