The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics (응용통계연구)

The Korean Statistical Society (한국통계학회)
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Identifying statistically significant gene sets based on differential expression and differential coexpression

특이발현과 특이공발현을 고려한 유의한 유전자 집단 탐색

  • Lee, Sunho (Division of Mathematics and Statistics, Sejong University)
  • 이선호 (세종대학교 수학통계학부)
  • Received : 2015.12.22
  • Accepted : 2016.02.29
  • Published : 2016.04.30
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Abstract

Gene set analysis utilizing biologic information is expected to produce more interpretable results because the occurrence of tumors (or diseases) is believed to be associated with the regulation of related genes. Many methods have been developed to identify statistically significant gene sets across different phenotypes; however, most focus exclusively on either the differential gene expression or the differential correlation structure in the gene set. This research provides a new method that simultaneously considers the differential expression of genes and differential coexpression with multiple genes in the gene set. Application of this NEW method is illustrated with real microarray data example, p53; subsequently, a simulation study compares its type I error rate and power with GSEA, SAMGS, GSCA and GSNCA.

서로 상관있는 유전자들의 발현조절이 질병이나 종양의 발생에 영향을 미치기 때문에 단일유전자 분석 대신 공통의 생물학적 요소를 지닌 유전자 집단 분석이 각광을 받게 되었고 생물학적으로 좀더 설명하기 쉬운 결과를 얻게 되었다. 표현형에 따라 유의한 차이를 보이는 유전자 집단을 찾는 여러 방법들이 있지만, 대부분의 방법들이 집단에 속한 유전자들의 표현형에 따른 발현의 차이를 탐색하거나 유전자들 사이의 공발현 구조가 다른지 탐색하는 것이다. 본 연구에서는 특이발현과 특이공발현의 차이를 모두 고려하는 탐색방법을 제시하였고 p53이란 유전자 자료와 모의자료를 이용하여 제시한 방법의 성능을 알아 보았다.

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