Sparse PCA corrects for cell type heterogeneity in epigenome-wide association studies.
Nat Methods
; 13(5): 443-5, 2016 05.
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| ID: mdl-27018579
In epigenome-wide association studies (EWAS), different methylation profiles of distinct cell types may lead to false discoveries. We introduce ReFACTor, a method based on principal component analysis (PCA) and designed for the correction of cell type heterogeneity in EWAS. ReFACTor does not require knowledge of cell counts, and it provides improved estimates of cell type composition, resulting in improved power and control for false positives in EWAS. Corresponding software is available at http://www.cs.tau.ac.il/~heran/cozygene/software/refactor.html.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Heterogeneidad Genética
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Metilación de ADN
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Análisis de Componente Principal
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Estudio de Asociación del Genoma Completo
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Epigenómica
Tipo de estudio:
Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nat Methods
Asunto de la revista:
TECNICAS E PROCEDIMENTOS DE LABORATORIO
Año:
2016
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Israel
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos