How to calculate average log2 CPM with batch effect?
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b.nota ▴ 360
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Netherlands

I have used limma trend to find DE genes between 3 groups (including batch effect in design). Now I would like to visualize the genes, and used removeBatchEffect() to get corrected logCPM values for each sample.

logCPMc <- removeBatchEffect(logCPM, batch=targets$Batch, design=design_4_batch)

Now I want to use the average of each group, and with aveLogCPM() from edgeR, I don't see a way to include this batch effect. What would be the correct way to get these average log2 CPM values with batch effect removed? Averaging the logCPMc (batch corrected) values would not be correct, right?

 

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Aaron Lun ★ 28k
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The city by the bay

Simply use glmFit and take the coefficients:

groups <- gl(4, 2)
batches <- rep(LETTERS[1:2], 4)
design <- model.matrix(~0 + groups + batches)

y <- matrix(rpois(8000, lambda=10), ncol=8) # making up data
y <- DGEList(y)
y <- calcNormFactors(y)
y <- estimateDisp(y, design)

fit <- glmFit(y, design, prior.count=2) # mimic aveLogCPM() prior.count
averages <- fit$coefficients[,1:4]

Here, the first four coefficients represent the log-scaled average expression for each group. Some work is required to convert them into a similar scale as the values reported by aveLogCPM:

averages <- averages + log(1e6) # get per-million
averages <- averages/log(2) # get base 2

... and there you have it.

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That's a great solution! Thanks for explaining it so clearly.

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