Immunophenotype signature as a tool to define prognostic subgroups in childhood acute myeloid leukemia.
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A Luchini
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Marker identification and classification of cancer types using gene expression data and SIMCA.
OBJECTIVES: High-throughput technologies are radically boosting the understanding of living systems, thus creating enormous opportunities to elucidate the biological processes of cells in different physiological states. In particular, the application of DNA micro-arrays to monitor expression profiles from tumor cells is improving cancer analysis to levels that classical methods have been unable to reach. However, molecular diagnostics based on expression profiling requires addressing computational issues as the overwhelming number of variables and the complex, multi-class nature of tumor samples. Thus, the objective of the present research has been the development of a computational procedure for feature extraction and classification of gene expression data. METHODS: The Soft Independent Modeling of Class Analogy (SIMCA) approach has been implemented in a data mining scheme, which allows the identification of those genes that are most likely to confer robust and accurate classification of samples from multiple tumor types. RESULTS: The proposed method has been tested on two different microarray data sets, namely Golub's analysis of acute human leukemia and the small round blue cell tumors study presented by Khan et al.. The identified features represent a rational and dimensionally reduced base for understanding the biology of diseases, defining targets of therapeutic intervention, and developing diagnostic tools for classification of pathological states. CONCLUSIONS: The analysis of the SIMCA model residuals allows the identification of specific phenotype markers. At the same time, the class analogy approach provides the assignment to multiple classes, such as different pathological conditions or tissue samples, for previously unseen instances.
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PCA disjoint models for multiclass cancer analysis using gene expression data.
MOTIVATION: Microarray expression profiling appears particularly promising for a deeper understanding of cancer biology and to identify molecular signatures supporting the histological classification schemes of neoplastic specimens. However, molecular diagnostics based on microarray data presents major challenges due to the overwhelming number of variables and the complex, multiclass nature of tumor samples. Thus, the development of marker selection methods, that allow the identification of those genes that are most likely to confer high classification accuracy of multiple tumor types, and of multiclass classification schemes is of paramount importance. RESULTS: A computational procedure for marker identification and for classification of multiclass gene expression data through the application of disjoint principal component models is described. The identified features represent a rational and dimensionally reduced base for understanding the basic biology of diseases, defining targets for therapeutic intervention, and developing diagnostic tools for the identification and classification of multiple pathological states. The method has been tested on different microarray data sets obtained from various human tumor samples. The results demonstrate that this procedure allows the identification of specific phenotype markers and can classify previously unseen instances in the presence of multiple classes.
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Bioavailability of lithium carbonate and lithium citrate: a comparison of two controlled-release preparations.
The pharmacokinetics of two marketed controlled-release lithium preparations, lithium carbonate ('Priadel') and lithium citrate ('Litarex'), were compared in 5 normal volunteers in a crossover design using identical doses (27.2 mmol lithium). Although the total bioavailability of the two preparations was similar, the peak serum lithium achieved was significantly lower with the lithium citrate than with the lithium carbonate preparation.
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Reliability of tympanometric measures obtained with children.
Conductance and susceptance measurements at probe frequencies of 220 and 660 Hz from eleven children's ears at intervals of 1 min, 10 min, 1 day, and 1 week (7 to 10 days) were obtained utilizing the Grason-Stadler Otoadmittance Meter model 1720. All test-retest correlation coefficients were found to be statistically significant (p less than 0.05); therefore, reliability of tympanometric measures using this instrument with children seems to be adequate for clinical use.
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