Journal article
Asymptotic analysis of a two-way semilinear model for microarray data
Statistica Sinica, Vol.15(3), pp.597-618
07/01/2005
Abstract
The cDNA microarray technology is a tool for monitoring gene expression levels on a large scale and has berm widely used in functional genomics. A basic question in analyzing microarray data is proper normalization to ensure meaningful down-stream analyses. We propose a two-way semilinear model for microarray data with two important features. First, it does not require pre-selection of constantly expressed genes or the assumptions that either the percentage of differentially expressed genes is small or there is symmetry in the expression levels of up- and downregulated genes. Second, when used for dection of differentially expressed genes, it incorporates variations due to normalization in the assessment of uncertainty in the estimated differences in gene expressions. The proposed model presents novel and challenging theoretical questions in the area of semiparametric statistics due to the presence of infinitely many nonparametric components. We provide theoretical justification that unbiased statistical inference is possible in the two-way semilinear model when self calibration is needed with a large number of parameters. We also prove that the nonparametric optimal rate of convergence can be achieved in estimating the normalization curves under appropriate conditions.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Asymptotic analysis of a two-way semilinear model for microarray data
- Creators
- Jian HuangCun-Hui Zhang
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Statistica Sinica, Vol.15(3), pp.597-618
- Publisher
- STATISTICA SINICA
- ISSN
- 1017-0405
- eISSN
- 1996-8507
- Number of pages
- 22
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/01/2005
- Academic Unit
- Statistics and Actuarial Science
- Record Identifier
- 9984257620602771
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