Title
MAID : an effect size based model for microarray data integration across laboratories and platforms.
Abstract
Gene expression profiling has the potential to unravel molecular mechanisms behind gene regulation and identify gene targets for therapeutic interventions. As microarray technology matures, the number of microarray studies has increased, resulting in many different datasets available for any given disease. The increase in sensitivity and reliability of measurements of gene expression changes can be improved through a systematic integration of different microarray datasets that address the same or similar biological questions.Traditional effect size models can not be used to integrate array data that directly compare treatment to control samples expressed as log ratios of gene expressions. Here we extend the traditional effect size model to integrate as many array datasets as possible. The extended effect size model (MAID) can integrate any array datatype generated with either single or two channel arrays using either direct or indirect designs across different laboratories and platforms. The model uses two standardized indices, the standard effect size score for experiments with two groups of data, and a new standardized index that measures the difference in gene expression between treatment and control groups for one sample data with replicate arrays. The statistical significance of treatment effect across studies for each gene is determined by appropriate permutation methods depending on the type of data integrated. We apply our method to three different expression datasets from two different laboratories generated using three different array platforms and two different experimental designs. Our results indicate that the proposed integration model produces an increase in statistical power for identifying differentially expressed genes when integrating data across experiments and when compared to other integration models. We also show that genes found to be significant using our data integration method are of direct biological relevance to the three experiments integrated.High-throughput genomics data provide a rich and complex source of information that could play a key role in deciphering intricate molecular networks behind disease. Here we propose an extension of the traditional effect size model to allow the integration of as many array experiments as possible with the aim of increasing the statistical power for identifying differentially expressed genes.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1186/1471-2105-9-305
BMC Bioinformatics
Keywords
Field
DocType
statistical power,sample size,molecular mechanics,bioinformatics,effect size,indexation,gene regulation,data collection,data integrity,gene targeting,systems integration,microarray data,high throughput,microarrays,algorithms,artificial intelligence,experimental design,treatment effect,statistical significance,gene expression,gene expression profiling,control group,data compression,quality control
Microarray,Biology,Regulation of gene expression,Microarray analysis techniques,Bioinformatics,Gene chip analysis,Genetics,Microarray databases,DNA microarray,Gene expression profiling,System integration
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
9
1
1471-2105
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
31
0.68
6
Authors
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ivan Borozan1462.24
Limin Chen2310.68
Bryan Paeper3310.68
Jenny E Heathcote4310.68
Aled M. Edwards5655.53
Michael Katze6310.68
Zhaolei Zhang723719.25
Ian D McGilvray8310.68