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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2018

Hierarchical Clustering of DNA k-mer Counts in RNAseq Fastq Files Identifies Sample Heterogeneities.

Wolfgang Kaisers, Holger Schwender, Heiner Schaal

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Wolfgang KaisersDepartment of Anaesthesiology, HELIOS University Hospital Wuppertal, University of Witten/Herdecke, Heusnerstr. 40, 42283 Wuppertal, Germany. wolfgang.kaisers@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-1923-3088
Holger SchwenderMathematisches Institut, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany. schwender@math.uni-duesseldorf.de.
Heiner SchaalInstitut fur Virologie, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany. schaal@uni-duesseldorf.de.ORCID 0000-0002-1636-4365

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Abstract

We apply hierarchical clustering (HC) of DNA k-mer counts on multiple Fastq files. The tree structures produced by HC may reflect experimental groups and thereby indicate experimental effects, but clustering of preparation groups indicates the presence of batch effects. Hence, HC of DNA k-mer counts may serve as a diagnostic device. In order to provide a simple applicable tool we implemented sequential analysis of Fastq reads with low memory usage in an R package (seqTools) available on Bioconductor. The approach is validated by analysis of Fastq file batches containing RNAseq data. Analysis of three Fastq batches downloaded from ArrayExpress indicated experimental effects. Analysis of RNAseq data from two cell types (dermal fibroblasts and Jurkat cells) sequenced in our facility indicate presence of batch effects. The observed batch effects were also present in reads mapped to the human genome and also in reads filtered for high quality (Phred > 30). We propose, that hierarchical clustering of DNA k-mer counts provides an unspecific diagnostic tool for RNAseq experiments. Further exploration is required once samples are identified as outliers in HC derived trees.

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SoftwareData AccuracyDatabases, GeneticFibroblastsHumansJurkat CellsSequence Analysis, DNASequence Analysis, RNADNA-kmerFastqRNAseq

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