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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2024

A novel approach toward optimal workflow selection for DNA methylation biomarker discovery.

Naghme Nazer, Mohammad Hossein Sepehri, Hoda Mohammadzade, Mahya Mehrmohamadi

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Article in BMC bioinformatics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Naghme NazerDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad Hossein SepehriDepartment of Biotechnology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Hoda MohammadzadeDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
Mahya MehrmohamadiDepartment of Biotechnology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. mehrmohamadi@ut.ac.ir.

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Iran National Science Foundation 99012262
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA methylation is a major epigenetic modification involved in many physiological processes. Normal methylation patterns are disrupted in many diseases and methylation-based biomarkers have shown promise in several contexts. Marker discovery typically involves the analysis of publicly available DNA methylation data from high-throughput assays. Numerous methods for identification of differentially methylated biomarkers have been developed, making the need for best practices guidelines and context-specific analyses workflows exceedingly high. To this end, here we propose TASA, a novel method for simulating methylation array data in various scenarios. We then comprehensively assess different data analysis workflows using real and simulated data and suggest optimal start-to-finish analysis workflows. Our study demonstrates that the choice of analysis pipeline for DNA methylation-based marker discovery is crucial and different across different contexts.

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Biomedical ResearchDNA MethylationData AnalysisEpigenesis, GeneticWorkflowData analysis pipeline optimizationDNA methylation marker discoverySimulation of DNA methylation array data

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PMID38262949
PMCPMC10804576

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