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ArticleEvolutionary bioinformatics online2020

Statistical Issues and Group Classification in Plasma MicroRNA Studies With Data Application.

Shesh N Rai, Chen Qian, Jianmin Pan, Marion McClain, Maurice R Eichenberger, Craig J McClain, Susan Galandiuk

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Article in Evolutionary bioinformatics online, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors.

Shesh N RaiBiostatistics and Bioinformatics Facility, James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8377-353X
Chen QianBiostatistics and Bioinformatics Facility, James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
Jianmin PanBiostatistics and Bioinformatics Facility, James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
Marion McClainAlcohol Research Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
Maurice R EichenbergerPrice Institute of Surgical Research, Hiram C. Polk Jr. M.D. Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
Craig J McClainAlcohol Research Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
Susan GalandiukPrice Institute of Surgical Research, Hiram C. Polk Jr. M.D. Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.

Funding

Role of oxidized linoleic acid metabolites in the pathogenesis of alcoholic liver diseaseP20GM113226 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI GHARE, SMITA S · 2016 to 2025
$24.1M
Superfund Training CoreP42ES023716 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI FORTNER, JOHN · 2017 to 2025
$18.1M
The Role of Nutrition in the Development/Progression of Alcohol-Induced Organ InjuryP50AA024337 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI SHIRISH S BARVE · 2016 to 2026
$17.9M
Project 5 - Metabolomic Analysis of AtherothrombosisP20GM103492 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI DEFILIPPIS, ANDREW · 2012 to 2017
$13.8M
TBDP30GM127607 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI HILL, BRADFORD GUY · 2018 to 2022
$6.3M
NIAAA NIH HHS P50 AA024337NIEHS NIH HHS P42 ES023716NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103492NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM113226NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM127607
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Abstract

The analysis of plasma microRNAs (miRNAs) has been widely used as a method for finding potential biomarkers for human diseases, especially those with a link to cancer. Methods of analyzing plasma miRNA have been thoroughly discussed from sample extraction to data modeling. However, some issues exist within the process that have rarely been talked about. Rice et al. discussed some issues in plasma miRNA studies, such as the lack of standard methodology including the use of different cycle threshold, time to plasma extraction, among others. These issues can lead to inconsistent data, and thus impact the result and assay reproducibility. Other external issues, such as batch effect and operator effect, may also indirectly impact the statistical analysis. Here, we discuss issues in plasma miRNA studies from a statistical point of view. The interaction effect of different ways of calculating fold-change, the choice of housekeeping genes, and methods of normalization are among the issues we discuss, with data demonstrations.

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ANCOVAANOVAbatch effectclassificationfold-changehousekeeping genesnormalizationoperator effectplasma miRNAquantile normalizationvarying threshold

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PMID32313420
PMCPMC7157974

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