Statistical issues in signal extraction from microarrays

Tracy Bergemann; Filemon Quiaoit; Jeffrey J. Delrow; Lue Ping Zhao

doi:10.1117/12.427997

4 June 2001 Statistical issues in signal extraction from microarrays

Tracy Bergemann, Filemon Quiaoit, Jeffrey J. Delrow, Lue Ping Zhao

Proceedings Volume 4266, Microarrays: Optical Technologies and Informatics; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.427997
Event: BiOS 2001 The International Symposium on Biomedical Optics, 2001, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Microarray technologies are increasingly used in biomedical research to study genome-wide expression profiles in the post genomic era. Their popularity is largely due to their high throughput and economical affordability. For example, microarrays have been applied to studies of cell cycle, regulatory circuitry, cancer cell lines, tumor tissues, and drug discoveries. One obstacle facing the continued success of applying microarray technologies, however, is the random variaton present on microarrays: within signal spots, between spots and among chips. In addition, signals extracted by available software packages seem to vary significantly. Despite a variety of software packages, it appears that there are two major approaches to signal extraction. One approach is to focus on the identification of signal regions and hence estimation of signal levels above background levels. The other approach is to use the distribution of intensity values as a way of identifying relevant signals. Building upon both approaches, the objective of our work is to develop a method that is statistically rigorous and also efficient and robust. Statistical issues to be considered here include: (1) how to refine grid alignment so that the overall variation is minimized, (2) how to estimate the signal levels relative to the local background levels as well as the variance of this estimate, and (3) how to integrate red and green channel signals so that the ratio of interest is stable, simultaneously relaxing distributional assumptions.

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Tracy Bergemann, Filemon Quiaoit, Jeffrey J. Delrow, and Lue Ping Zhao "Statistical issues in signal extraction from microarrays", Proc. SPIE 4266, Microarrays: Optical Technologies and Informatics, (4 June 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.427997

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