Probabilistic estimation of microarray data reliability and underlying gene expression

Details Probabilistic estimation of microarray data reliability and underlying gene expression Probabilistic estimation of microarray data reliability and underlying gene expression

2003-09-18

arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0309006v1

BMC Bioinformatics 4:40 (2003)

Biology

Quantitative Biology

Quantitative Methods

11 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

Background: The availability of high throughput methods for measurement of mRNA concentrations makes the reliability of conclusions drawn from the data and global quality control of samples and hybridization important issues. We address these issues by an information theoretic approach, applied to discretized expression values in replicated gene expression data. Results: Our approach yields a quantitative measure of two important parameter classes: First, the probability $P(\sigma | S)$ that a gene is in the biological state $\sigma$ in a certain variety, given its observed expression $S$ in the samples of that variety. Second, sample specific error probabilities which serve as consistency indicators of the measured samples of each variety. The method and its limitations are tested on gene expression data for developing murine B-cells and a $t$-test is used as reference. On a set of known genes it performs better than the $t$-test despite the crude discretization into only two expression levels. The consistency indicators, i.e. the error probabilities, correlate well with variations in the biological material and thus prove efficient. Conclusions: The proposed method is effective in determining differential gene expression and sample reliability in replicated microarray data. Already at two discrete expression levels in each sample, it gives a good explanation of the data and is comparable to standard techniques.

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