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This package generates ranked lists of differential gene expression for either disease or drug profiles. Input data can be downloaded from Array Express or GEO, or from local CEL files. Ranked lists of differential expression and associated p-values are calculated using Limma. Enrichment scores (Subramanian et al. PNAS 2005) are calculated to a reference set of default drug or disease profiles, or a set of custom data supplied by the user. Network visualisation of significant scores are output in Cytoscape format.

Dynamic Transcriptome Analysis (DTA) can monitor the cellular response to perturbations with higher sensitivity and temporal resolution than standard transcriptomics. The package implements the underlying kinetic modeling approach capable of the precise determination of synthesis- and decay rates from individual microarray or RNAseq measurements.

Many two-colour hybridizations suffer from a dye bias that is both gene-specific and slide-specific. The former depends on the content of the nucleotide used for labeling; the latter depends on the labeling percentage. The slide-dependency was hitherto not recognized, and made addressing the artefact impossible. Given a reasonable number of dye-swapped pairs of hybridizations, or of same vs. same hybridizations, both the gene- and slide-biases can be estimated and corrected using the GASSCO method (Margaritis et al., Mol. Sys. Biol. 5:266 (2009), doi:10.1038/msb.2009.21)

This package contains functions for reading raw data in ImaGene TXT format obtained from Exiqon miRCURY LNA arrays, annotating them with appropriate GAL files, and normalizing them using a spike-in probe-based method. Other platforms and data formats are also supported.

This package provides a set of tools for analyzing data from a factorial designed microarray experiment, or any microarray experiment for which a linear model is appropriate. The functions can be used to evaluate tests of contrast of biological interest and perform single outlier detection.

This package contains two main functions. The first is fdr.ma which takes normalized expression data array, experimental design and computes adjusted p-values It returns the fdr adjusted p-values and plots, according to the methods described in (Reiner, Yekutieli and Benjamini 2002). The second, is fdr.gui() which creates a simple graphic user interface to access fdr.ma

Identify low-quality data using metrics developed for expression data derived from Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded (FFPE) data. Also a function for making Concordance at the Top plots (CAT-plots).

Background adjustment using sequence information

genArise is an easy to use tool for dual color microarray data. Its GUI-Tk based environment let any non-experienced user performs a basic, but not simple, data analysis just following a wizard. In addition it provides some tools for the developer.

Some basic functions for filtering genes.

This package contains a targeted clustering algorithm for the analysis of microarray data. The algorithm can aid in the discovery of new genes with similar functions to a given list of genes already known to have closely related functions.

A package with focus on analysis of discrete regions of the genome. This package is useful for investigation of one or a few genes using Affymetrix data, since it will extract probe level data using the Affymetrix Power Tools application and wrap these data into a ProbeLevelSet. A ProbeLevelSet directly extends the expressionSet, but includes additional information about the sequence of each probe and the probe set it is derived from. The package includes a number of functions used for plotting these probe level data as a function of location along sequences of mRNA-strands. This can be used for analysis of variable splicing, and is especially well suited for use with exon-array data.

Helps to easily submit a microarray dataset and the associated sample information to GEO by preparing a single file for upload (direct deposit).

Analysis of array CGH data : detection of breakpoints in genomic profiles and assignment of a status (gain, normal or loss) to each chromosomal regions identified.

The association between a variable of interest (e.g. two groups) and the global pattern of a group of variables (e.g. a gene set) is tested via a global F-test. We give the following arguments in support of the GlobalAncova approach: After appropriate normalisation, gene-expression-data appear rather symmetrical and outliers are no real problem, so least squares should be rather robust. ANCOVA with interaction yields saturated data modelling e.g. different means per group and gene. Covariate adjustment can help to correct for possible selection bias. Variance homogeneity and uncorrelated residuals cannot be expected. Application of ordinary least squares gives unbiased, but no longer optimal estimates (Gauss-Markov-Aitken). Therefore, using the classical F-test is inappropriate, due to correlation. The test statistic however mirrors deviations from the null hypothesis. In combination with a permutation approach, empirical significance levels can be approximated. Alternatively, an approximation yields asymptotic p-values. The framework is generalized to groups of categorical variables or even mixed data by a likelihood ratio approach. Closed and hierarchical testing procedures are supported. This work was supported by the NGFN grant 01 GR 0459, BMBF, Germany and BMBF grant 01ZX1309B, Germany.

The global test tests groups of covariates (or features) for association with a response variable. This package implements the test with diagnostic plots and multiple testing utilities, along with several functions to facilitate the use of this test for gene set testing of GO and KEGG terms.

Wraper functions for description/comparison of oligo ID list using Gene Ontology database

Models and methods for fitting linear models to gene expression data, together with tools for computing and using various regression diagnostics.

The GSRI package estimates the number of differentially expressed genes in gene sets, utilizing the concept of the Gene Set Regulation Index (GSRI).

Display a rectangular heatmap (intensity plot) of a data matrix. By default, both samples (columns) and features (row) of the matrix are sorted according to a hierarchical clustering, and the corresponding dendrogram is plotted. Optionally, panels with additional information about samples and features can be added to the plot.

This package fits heterogeneous error models for analysis of microarray data

integrated Bayesian Modeling of eQTL data

Imputation for microarray data (currently KNN only)

A Method to normalize of Affymetrix GeneChip Human Mapping 100K and 500K set

The iterative Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA) algorithm is a variable selection and classification algorithm with an application of classifying 2-class microarray samples, as described in Yeung, Bumgarner and Raftery (Bioinformatics 2005, 21: 2394-2402).

The iterative Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA) algorithm for survival analysis is a variable selection method for applying survival analysis to microarray data.

The 'les' package estimates Loci of Enhanced Significance (LES) in tiling microarray data. These are regions of regulation such as found in differential transcription, CHiP-chip, or DNA modification analysis. The package provides a universal framework suitable for identifying differential effects in tiling microarray data sets, and is independent of the underlying statistics at the level of single probes.

linear ANOVA decomposition of Multivariate Designed Experiments implementation based on limma lmFit. Features: i)Flexible formula type interface, ii) Fast limma based implementation, iii) p-values for each estimated coefficient levels in each factor, iv) F values for factor effects and v) plotting functions for PCA and PLS.

This LPE library is used to do significance analysis of microarray data with small number of replicates. It uses resampling based FDR adjustment, and gives less conservative results than traditional 'BH' or 'BY' procedures. Data accepted is raw data in txt format from MAS4, MAS5 or dChip. Data can also be supplied after normalization. LPE library is primarily used for analyzing data between two conditions. To use it for paired data, see LPEP library. For using LPE in multiple conditions, use HEM library.

The lumi package provides an integrated solution for the Illumina microarray data analysis. It includes functions of Illumina BeadStudio (GenomeStudio) data input, quality control, BeadArray-specific variance stabilization, normalization and gene annotation at the probe level. It also includes the functions of processing Illumina methylation microarrays, especially Illumina Infinium methylation microarrays.

Graphically displays correlation in microarray data that is due to insufficient normalization

Importation, normalization, visualization, and quality control functions to correct identified sources of variability in array-CGH experiments.

This package implements the classification pipeline of the best overall team (Team221) in the IMPROVER Diagnostic Signature Challenge. Additional functionality is added to compare 27 combinations of data preprocessing, feature selection and classifier types.

Class definitions for two-color spotted microarray data. Fuctions for data input, diagnostic plots, normalization and quality checking.

maSigPro is a regression based approach to find genes for which there are significant gene expression profile differences between experimental groups in time course microarray and RNA-Seq experiments.

Package includes functions to analyze and mask microarray expression data.

This package provides a model-based background correction method, which incorporates the negative control beads to pre-process Illumina BeadArray data.

MDQC is a multivariate quality assessment method for microarrays based on quality control (QC) reports. The Mahalanobis distance of an array's quality attributes is used to measure the similarity of the quality of that array against the quality of the other arrays. Then, arrays with unusually high distances can be flagged as potentially low-quality.

MEDME allows the prediction of absolute and relative methylation levels based on measures obtained by MeDIP-microarray experiments

Tools for meta-analysis in the presence of hierarchical (and/or sampling) dependence, including with gene expression studies

A tool to estimate the cell composition of DNA methylation whole blood sample measured on any platform technology (microarray and sequencing).

The Mfuzz package implements noise-robust soft clustering of omics time-series data, including transcriptomic, proteomic or metabolomic data. It is based on the use of c-means clustering. For convenience, it includes a graphical user interface.

This package takes the MiChip miRNA microarray .grp scanner output files and parses these out, providing summary and plotting functions to analyse MiChip hybridizations. A set of hybridizations is packaged into an ExpressionSet allowing it to be used by other BioConductor packages.

This package implements various algorithms for inferring mutual information networks from data.

Analysis of de novo copy number variants in trios from high-dimensional genotyping platforms.

This package finds optimal sets of genes that seperate samples into two or more classes.

Estimates gene expressions from several laser scans of the same microarray

Non-parametric bootstrap and permutation resampling-based multiple testing procedures (including empirical Bayes methods) for controlling the family-wise error rate (FWER), generalized family-wise error rate (gFWER), tail probability of the proportion of false positives (TPPFP), and false discovery rate (FDR). Several choices of bootstrap-based null distribution are implemented (centered, centered and scaled, quantile-transformed). Single-step and step-wise methods are available. Tests based on a variety of t- and F-statistics (including t-statistics based on regression parameters from linear and survival models as well as those based on correlation parameters) are included. When probing hypotheses with t-statistics, users may also select a potentially faster null distribution which is multivariate normal with mean zero and variance covariance matrix derived from the vector influence function. Results are reported in terms of adjusted p-values, confidence regions and test statistic cutoffs. The procedures are directly applicable to identifying differentially expressed genes in DNA microarray experiments.

This package allows to detect and correct for spatial and intensity biases with two-channel microarray data. The normalization method implemented in this package is based on robust neural networks fitting.

This package allows to characterize the operating characteristics of a microarray experiment, i.e. the trade-off between false discovery rate and the power to detect truly regulated genes. The package includes tools both for planned experiments (for sample size assessment) and for already collected data (identification of differentially expressed genes).