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ReviewBiotechnology journal2012

Molecular signatures from omics data: from chaos to consensus.

Jaeyun Sung, Yuliang Wang, Sriram Chandrasekaran, Daniela M Witten, Nathan D Price

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Review in Biotechnology journal, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Jaeyun SungInstitute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA, USA.
Yuliang Wang
Sriram Chandrasekaran
Daniela M Witten
Nathan D Price

Funding

High-dimensional unsupervised learning, with applications to genomicsDP5OD009145 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI WITTEN, DANIELA · 2011 to 2015
$1.8M
NIH HHS DP5 OD009145NIH HHS DP5OD009145
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the past 15 years, new "omics" technologies have made it possible to obtain high-resolution molecular snapshots of organisms, tissues, and even individual cells at various disease states and experimental conditions. It is hoped that these developments will usher in a new era of personalized medicine in which an individual's molecular measurements are used to diagnose disease, guide therapy, and perform other tasks more accurately and effectively than is possible using standard approaches. There now exists a vast literature of reported "molecular signatures". However, despite some notable exceptions, many of these signatures have suffered from limited reproducibility in independent datasets, insufficient sensitivity or specificity to meet clinical needs, or other challenges. In this paper, we discuss the process of molecular signature discovery on the basis of omics data. In particular, we highlight potential pitfalls in the discovery process, as well as strategies that can be used to increase the odds of successful discovery. Despite the difficulties that have plagued the field of molecular signature discovery, we remain optimistic about the potential to harness the vast amounts of available omics data in order to substantially impact clinical practice.

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AnimalsBiomarkersBiomedical ResearchComputational BiologyDatabases, FactualGene Expression ProfilingHumansPathology, MolecularBiomarkers

Identifiers

PMID22528809
PMCPMC3418428

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