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ArticleBMC systems biology2008

Short time-series microarray analysis: methods and challenges.

Xuewei Wang, Ming Wu, Zheng Li, Christina Chan

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Article in BMC systems biology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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Xuewei WangDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. xwang@egr.msu.edu
Ming Wu
Zheng Li
Christina Chan

Funding

Develop a Dynamic Model that Incoporates Text-mining to Reconstruct NetworksR01GM079688 · NIGMS · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI CHAN, CHRISTINA · 2007 to 2012
$1.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS 1R01GM079688-01NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM079688
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The detection and analysis of steady-state gene expression has become routine. Time-series microarrays are of growing interest to systems biologists for deciphering the dynamic nature and complex regulation of biosystems. Most temporal microarray data only contain a limited number of time points, giving rise to short-time-series data, which imposes challenges for traditional methods of extracting meaningful information. To obtain useful information from the wealth of short-time series data requires addressing the problems that arise due to limited sampling. Current efforts have shown promise in improving the analysis of short time-series microarray data, although challenges remain. This commentary addresses recent advances in methods for short-time series analysis including simplification-based approaches and the integration of multi-source information. Nevertheless, further studies and development of computational methods are needed to provide practical solutions to fully exploit the potential of this data.

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Gene Expression RegulationOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisSample SizeTime Factors

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PMID18605994
PMCPMC2474593

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