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ArticleJournal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry2023

Workflow for Evaluating Normalization Tools for Omics Data Using Supervised and Unsupervised Machine Learning.

Aleesa E Chua, Leah D Pfeifer, Emily R Sekera, Amanda B Hummon, Heather Desaire

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Article in Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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  3. Primer on Modelling Approaches for Omics Data.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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  7. Evaluation of normalization strategies for mass spectrometry-based multi-omics datasets.Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society · 2025
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Aleesa E ChuaDepartment of Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States.ORCID 0009-0003-7067-3032
Leah D PfeiferDepartment of Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States.
Emily R SekeraDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-1668-3227
Amanda B HummonDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-1969-9013
Heather DesaireDepartment of Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2181-0112

Funding

A Study of Race Differences in Alzheimer's Disease BiomarkersRF1AG072760 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE · PI DESAIRE, HEATHER R · 2021 to 2021
$1.1M
NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG072760
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To achieve high quality omics results, systematic variability in mass spectrometry (MS) data must be adequately addressed. Effective data normalization is essential for minimizing this variability. The abundance of approaches and the data-dependent nature of normalization have led some researchers to develop open-source academic software for choosing the best approach. While these tools are certainly beneficial to the community, none of them meet all of the needs of all users, particularly users who want to test new strategies that are not available in these products. Herein, we present a simple and straightforward workflow that facilitates the identification of optimal normalization strategies using straightforward evaluation metrics, employing both supervised and unsupervised machine learning. The workflow offers a "DIY" aspect, where the performance of any normalization strategy can be evaluated for any type of MS data. As a demonstration of its utility, we apply this workflow on two distinct datasets, an ESI-MS dataset of extracted lipids from latent fingerprints and a cancer spheroid dataset of metabolites ionized by MALDI-MSI, for which we identified the best-performing normalization strategies.

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NeoplasmsUnsupervised Machine LearningHumansSoftwareSpectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-IonizationWorkflow

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PMID37897440
PMCPMC10919320

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