Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28369632›Full record

ArticleNucleic acids research2017

Differential expression analysis for RNAseq using Poisson mixed models.

Shiquan Sun, Michelle Hood, Laura Scott, Qinke Peng, Sayan Mukherjee, Jenny Tung, Xiang Zhou

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Nucleic acids research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
50citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Canon enables causal inference of downstream genes in single-cell CRISPR studies via instrumental variable analysis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
    Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Temperature-Dependent tRNA Modifications in Bacillales.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
    Article
  8. Review
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Review
  20. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Shiquan SunSystems Engineering Institute, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710049, P.R. China.
Michelle HoodDepartment of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Laura ScottDepartment of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Qinke PengSystems Engineering Institute, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710049, P.R. China.
Sayan MukherjeeDepartments of Statistical Science, Mathematics, and Computer Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
Jenny TungDepartments of Evolutionary Anthropology and Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
Xiang ZhouDepartment of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.

Funding

STALLARD Admin Supp: Predicting Future Care Needs and Costs for Individual Medicare Enrollees with Incident Suspected Alzheimer's DiseaseP30AG034424 · NIA · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI SCOTT M. LYNCH · 2009 to 2026
$12.2M
Science CoreP2CHD065563 · NICHD · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Giovanna M Merli · 2015 to 2026
$5.7M
Statistical Methods for Modeling Polygenic Architecture in Association and Re-sequencing StudiesR01HG009124 · NHGRI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Xiang Zhou · 2017 to 2026
$3.0M
Scalable and Translational Analysis Tools on the Cloud for Deep Integrative Omics DataU01HL137182 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI ZHOU, XIANG · 2017 to 2019
$1.6M
NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG009124NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL137182NIA NIH HHS P30 AG034424NICHD NIH HHS P2C HD065563
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Identifying differentially expressed (DE) genes from RNA sequencing (RNAseq) studies is among the most common analyses in genomics. However, RNAseq DE analysis presents several statistical and computational challenges, including over-dispersed read counts and, in some settings, sample non-independence. Previous count-based methods rely on simple hierarchical Poisson models (e.g. negative binomial) to model independent over-dispersion, but do not account for sample non-independence due to relatedness, population structure and/or hidden confounders. Here, we present a Poisson mixed model with two random effects terms that account for both independent over-dispersion and sample non-independence. We also develop a scalable sampling-based inference algorithm using a latent variable representation of the Poisson distribution. With simulations, we show that our method properly controls for type I error and is generally more powerful than other widely used approaches, except in small samples (n <15) with other unfavorable properties (e.g. small effect sizes). We also apply our method to three real datasets that contain related individuals, population stratification or hidden confounders. Our results show that our method increases power in all three data compared to other approaches, though the power gain is smallest in the smallest sample (n = 6). Our method is implemented in MACAU, freely available at www.xzlab.org/software.html.

Indexed as

Sequence Analysis, RNAAlgorithmsBayes TheoremComputer SimulationGene Expression ProfilingHumansLinear ModelsMarkov ChainsModels, GeneticMonte Carlo MethodPoisson DistributionSoftware

Identifiers

PMID28369632
PMCPMC5499851

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.