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BMC Syst Biol. 2008 Jul 07;2:58. doi: 10.1186/1752-0509-2-58.

Short time-series microarray analysis: methods and challenges.

BMC systems biology

Xuewei Wang, Ming Wu, Zheng Li, Christina Chan

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 18605994 PMCID: PMC2474593 DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-2-58

Abstract

The detection and analysis of steady-state gene expression has become routine. Time-series microarrays are of growing interest to systems biologists for deciphering the dynamic nature and complex regulation of biosystems. Most temporal microarray data only contain a limited number of time points, giving rise to short-time-series data, which imposes challenges for traditional methods of extracting meaningful information. To obtain useful information from the wealth of short-time series data requires addressing the problems that arise due to limited sampling. Current efforts have shown promise in improving the analysis of short time-series microarray data, although challenges remain. This commentary addresses recent advances in methods for short-time series analysis including simplification-based approaches and the integration of multi-source information. Nevertheless, further studies and development of computational methods are needed to provide practical solutions to fully exploit the potential of this data.

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