Title
A multivariate prediction model for microarray cross-hybridization
Abstract
Background: Expression microarray analysis is one of the most popular molecular diagnostic techniques in the post-genomic era. However, this technique faces the fundamental problem of potential cross-hybridization. This is a pervasive problem for both oligonucleotide and cDNA microarrays; it is considered particularly problematic for the latter. No comprehensive multivariate predictive modeling has been performed to understand how multiple variables contribute to (cross-) hybridization. Results: We propose a systematic search strategy using multiple multivariate models (multiple linear regressions, regression trees, and artificial neural network analyses (ANNs)) to select an effective set of predictors for hybridization. We validate this approach on a set of DNA microarrays with cytochrome p450 family genes. The performance of our multiple multivariate models is compared with that of a recently proposed third-order polynomial regression method that uses percent identity as the sole predictor. All multivariate models agree that the 'most contiguous base pairs between probe and target sequences,' rather than percent identity, is the best univariate predictor. The predictive power is improved by inclusion of additional nonlinear effects, in particular target GC content, when regression trees or ANNs are used. Conclusion: A systematic multivariate approach is provided to assess the importance of multiple sequence features for hybridization and of relationships among these features. This approach can easily be applied to larger datasets. This will allow future developments of generalized hybridization models that will be able to correct for false-positive cross-hybridization signals in expression experiments.
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1186/1471-2105-7-101
BMC Bioinformatics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Artificial Neural Network, Topology Optimization, Regression Tree, cDNA Microarrays, Subset Size
Microarray,Molecular diagnostic techniques,Biology,Multivariate statistics,Microarray analysis techniques,Bioinformatics,Multivariate analysis,DNA microarray,CDNA Microarrays
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
7
1
14712105
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
32
1.07
26
Authors
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yian A. Chen1421.57
Cheng-chung Chou2592.43
Xinghua Lu323316.94
Elizabeth H. Slate4432.20
Konan Peck5642.70
Wenying Xu61627.77
Eberhard O. Voit733029.03
Jonas S Almeida873142.25