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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2021

GECO: gene expression clustering optimization app for non-linear data visualization of patterns.

A N Habowski, T J Habowski, M L Waterman

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A N HabowskiDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA. habowski@uci.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1107-3208
T J HabowskiDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.
M L WatermanDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA.

Funding

Univ.of Calif., Irvine Cancer Center Support GrantP30CA062203 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI Melanie Funes · 1994 to 2026
$57.9M
Shared Resource Core: Single Cell AnalysisU54CA217378 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI LANDER, ARTHUR D, LOWENGRUB, JOHN · 2018 to 2022
$9.7M
CARCINOGENESIST32CA009054 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI EDINGER, AIMEE L, FRUMAN, DAVID ALEXANDER · 1985 to 2025
$8.6M
Coordinated regulation of alternative pre-mRNA processing in colon cancerR01CA177651 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI EDWARDS, ROBERT ANDREW, HERTEL, KLEMENS J · 2014 to 2018
$2.4M
National Science Foundation DGE-1321846NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009054NCI NIH HHS T32CA009054NCI NIH HHS U54 CA217378NIH HHS P30CA062203NIH HHS R01CA177651NIH HHS U54CA217378
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Abstract

backgroundDue to continued advances in sequencing technology, the limitation in understanding biological systems through an "-omics" lens is no longer the generation of data, but the ability to analyze it. Importantly, much of this rich -omics data is publicly available waiting to be further investigated. Although many code-based pipelines exist, there is a lack of user-friendly and accessible applications that enable rapid analysis or visualization of data.

resultsGECO (Gene Expression Clustering Optimization; http://www.theGECOapp.com ) is a minimalistic GUI app that utilizes non-linear reduction techniques to rapidly visualize expression trends in many types of biological data matrices (such as bulk RNA-seq or proteomics). The required input is a data matrix with samples and any type of expression level of genes/protein/other with a unique ID. The output is an interactive t-SNE or UMAP analysis that clusters genes (or proteins/other unique IDs) based on their expression patterns across the multiple samples enabling visualization of expression trends. Customizable settings for dimensionality reduction, data normalization, along with visualization parameters including coloring and filters, ensure adaptability to a variety of user uploaded data.

conclusionThis local and cloud-hosted web browser app enables investigation of any -omic data matrix in a rapid and code-independent manner. With the continued growth of available -omic data, the ability to quickly evaluate a dataset, including specific genes of interest, is more important than ever. GECO is intended to supplement traditional statistical analysis methods and is particularly useful when visualizing clusters of genes with similar trajectories across many samples (ex: multiple cell types, time course, dose response). Users will be empowered to investigate -omic data with a new lens of visualization and analysis that has the potential to uncover genes of interest, cohorts of co-regulated genes programs, and previously undetected patterns of expression.

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Cluster AnalysisData VisualizationGene ExpressionSequence Analysis, RNASoftwareAppClusteringData visualizationGene expressionPCARNA-seqt-SNEUMAP

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PMID33494695
PMCPMC7831185

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