A new fast method for copy number calling, tissue purity estimating and subclone inferring in cancer genome

Our new methods final launched on Nature Protocols, where we developed a series of methods and related C++/R combined software package,  Sclust(around 1.5Gb,大文件谨慎载). In Sclust, you can do copy number calling, cancer tissue purity estimating and clone and subclone structure inferring from normal-tumor paired whole genome/exon sequencing data.

先总结一下,我们方法的有如下点:

1. 可以准确地做copy number calling, tumor purity estimating,subclonal inferring;

2. subclonal inferring的速度超级快。4000~6000 个SNVs 的 clonal inferring 过程在个人电脑上只需3到5秒。

3. sclust 给出了每个集群的倍数树变异,目前只有少数个软件提供这个功能。

欢迎使用软件,欢迎咨询,欢迎交流。

联系邮件:yp.cun@outlook.com。 下面是clonal 推断一些背景。

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A new R package for network-based biomarker discovery released

A new R package, netClass, has been release. netClass integrate network information, such as protein-protein interaction network or KEGG, to mRNA classification, but also incorporate miRNA to mRNA with mi-mRNA interaction network for biomarker discovery. This methods we called stSVM and already published in PloS ONE (Cun et al 2013). Apart from stSVM, we also implement the flowing methods in netClass: 

  1. AEP (average gene expression of pathway), Guo et al., BMC Bioinformatics 2005, 6:58.
  2. PAC (pathway activitive classification), Lee E, et  al., PLoS Comput Biol 4(11): e1000217.
  3. hubc (Hub nodes classification), Taylor et al.(2009) Nat. Biotech.: doi: 10.1038/nbt.152
  4. frSVM (filter via top ranked genes), Cun et al. arXiv:1212.3214 ;  Winter etal., PLoS Comput Biol 8(5): e1002511.
  5. stSVM (network smoothed t-statistic) , Cun et al., PloS One,.

NetClass can be download from souceforg ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/netclassr/) or , CRAN (http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/netClass/ ). For more detail of netClass, you can refer these four papers:

“Translational Bioinformatics” collection for PLOS cBio

A review collection in current approach in Translational Bioinformatics.

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‘Translational Bioinformatics’ is a collection of PLOS Computational Biology Education articles which reads as a “book” to be used as a reference or tutorial for a graduate level introductory course on the science of translational bioinformatics.

Translational bioinformatics is an emerging field that addresses the current challenges of integrating increasingly voluminous amounts of molecular and clinical data. Its aim is to provide a better understanding of the molecular basis of disease, which in turn will inform clinical practice and ultimately improve human health.

The concept of a translational bioinformatics introductory book was originally conceived in 2009 by Jake Chen and Maricel Kann. Each chapter was crafted by leading experts who provide a solid introduction to the topics covered, complete with training exercises and answers. The rapid evolution of this field is expected to lead to updates and new chapters that will be incorporated into this collection.

Collection editors: Maricel Kann, Guest Editor, and Fran Lewitter, PLOS Computational Biology Education Editor.

Download the full Translational Bioinformatics collection here: PDF

Collection URL: www.ploscollections.org/translationalbioinformatics

PLOS Computational Biology: published 27 Dec 2012 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002796

PLOS Computational Biology: published 27 Dec 2012 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002826

Chapter 2: Data-Driven View of Disease Biology

Casey S. Greene, Olga G. Troyanskaya

PLOS Computational Biology: published 27 Dec 2012 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002816

PLOS Computational Biology: published 27 Dec 2012 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002805

Chapter 4: Protein Interactions and Disease

Mileidy W. Gonzalez, Maricel G. Kann

PLOS Computational Biology: published 27 Dec 2012 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002819

Chapter 5: Network Biology Approach to Complex Diseases

Dong-Yeon Cho, Yoo-Ah Kim, Teresa M. Przytycka

PLOS Computational Biology: published 27 Dec 2012 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002820

PLOS Computational Biology: published 27 Dec 2012 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002821

Chapter 7: Pharmacogenomics

Konrad J. Karczewski, Roxana Daneshjou, Russ B. Altman

PLOS Computational Biology: published 27 Dec 2012 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002817

PLOS Computational Biology: published 27 Dec 2012 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002858

Chapter 9: Analyses Using Disease Ontologies

Nigam H. Shah, Tyler Cole, Mark A. Musen

PLOS Computational Biology: published 27 Dec 2012 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002827

Chapter 10: Mining Genome-Wide Genetic Markers

Xiang Zhang, Shunping Huang, Zhaojun Zhang, Wei Wang

PLOS Computational Biology: published 27 Dec 2012 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002828

Chapter 11: Genome-Wide Association Studies

William S. Bush, Jason H. Moore

PLOS Computational Biology: published 27 Dec 2012 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002822

Chapter 12: Human Microbiome Analysis

Xochitl C. Morgan, Curtis Huttenhower

PLOS Computational Biology: published 27 Dec 2012 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002808

PLOS Computational Biology: published 27 Dec 2012 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002823

Chapter 14: Cancer Genome Analysis

Miguel Vazquez, Victor de la Torre, Alfonso Valencia

PLOS Computational Biology: published 27 Dec 2012 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002824