Reconstructing tumor-wise protein expression in tissue microarray studies using a Bayesian cell mixture model
Author(s) -
Ronglai Shen,
Jeremy M. G. Taylor,
Debashis Ghosh
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
bioinformatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.599
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1367-4811
pISSN - 1367-4803
DOI - 10.1093/bioinformatics/btn536
Subject(s) - tissue microarray , bayesian probability , computational biology , expression (computer science) , computer science , protein expression , microarray , artificial intelligence , biology , pattern recognition (psychology) , gene expression , immunohistochemistry , gene , genetics , immunology , programming language
Tissue microarrays (TMAs) quantify tissue-specific protein expression of cancer biomarkers via high-density immuno-histochemical staining assays. Standard analysis approach estimates a sample mean expression in the tumor, ignoring the complex tissue-specific staining patterns observed on tissue arrays.
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