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ArticlePloS one2013

Testing the utility of an integrated analysis of copy number and transcriptomics datasets for inferring gene regulatory relationships.

Xin Yi Goh, Richard Newton, Lorenz Wernisch, Rebecca Fitzgerald

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Article in PloS one, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 37% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xin Yi GohMedical Research Council Cancer Cell Unit, Hutchison-MRC Research Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Richard Newton
Lorenz Wernisch
Rebecca Fitzgerald
Medical Research Council · GBUniversity of Cambridge · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Correlation patterns between matched copy number variation and gene expression data in cancer samples enable the inference of causal gene regulatory relationships by exploiting the natural randomization of such systems. The aim of this study was to test and verify experimentally the accuracy of a causal inference approach based on genomic randomization using esophageal cancer samples. Two candidates with strong regulatory effects emerging from our analysis are components of growth factor receptors, and implicated in cancer development, namely ERBB2 and FGFR2. We tested experimentally two ERBB2 and three FGFR2 regulated interactions predicted by the statistical analysis, all of which were confirmed. We also applied the method in a meta-analysis of 10 cancer datasets and tested 15 of the predicted regulatory interactions experimentally. Three additional predicted ERBB2 regulated interactions were confirmed, as well as interactions regulated by ARPC1A and FANCG. Overall, two thirds of experimentally tested predictions were confirmed.

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DNA Copy Number VariationsGene Expression ProfilingGene Regulatory NetworksComputational BiologyEsophageal NeoplasmsHumansModels, StatisticalReproducibility of ResultsRNA InterferenceSignal Transduction

Identifiers

PMID23737949
PMCPMC3667814
OpenAlexW2163288159

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