edgeR: Using ratios (translational efficiencies) as input
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Hi Everyone, I have been using edgeR for the last couple years with great success. Thanks very much. Now I have slightly unconventional dataset to try. We have two groups to compare (life stages) each with three replicates. But, for each sample in each group, we made two different RNAseq libraries. 1) one from fragmented mRNA (classical RNAseq) and 2) another from Ribosome-bound RNA fragments. This library would indicate how much of the RNA is actively being translated. I have used edgeR to analyse data from each of this separately (data from classical RNAseq or Ribosome-bound). So this let us study the differentially transcribed genes or differentially translated genes. And got really nice results. The next step is to compare the translational efficiencies between them. In each sample the ratio between read counts of Ribosome bound mRNAs and fragmented mRNA would give us the translational efficience of that gene. We can generate these efficiences (ratios) for each of the three replicates in each group. Can I feed this data to edgeR to find out which genes have 'differential efficiencies' between groups? I understand, edgeR insists on NOT normalizing the read counts and all the further statistics depends on the total library size count. By, using ratios, i completely throw edgeR off. But, i am not sure what is the best alternate to this? Any ideas? Much thanks in advance, Gowthaman -- Gowthaman Bioinformatics Systems Programmer. SBRI, 307 West lake Ave N Suite 500 Seattle, WA. 98109-5219 Phone : LAB 206-256-7188 (direct). [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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Dear Gowthaman, I'm not quite sure what translational efficiencies are. Do you have a different efficiency value for each gene and each RNA sample? If you do, why not take logs of the ratios (offsetting counts by 1/2 or 1 to avoid zeros) and feed them into limma? Best wishes Gordon > Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:22:28 -0700 > From: gowtham <ragowthaman at="" gmail.com=""> > To: bioconductor <bioconductor at="" r-project.org=""> > Subject: [BioC] edgeR: Using ratios (translational efficiencies) as > input > > Hi Everyone, > I have been using edgeR for the last couple years with great success. > Thanks very much. Now I have slightly unconventional dataset to try. We > have two groups to compare (life stages) each with three replicates. But, > for each sample in each group, we made two different RNAseq libraries. > 1) one from fragmented mRNA (classical RNAseq) and > 2) another from Ribosome-bound RNA fragments. This library would indicate > how much of the RNA is actively being translated. > > I have used edgeR to analyse data from each of this separately (data from > classical RNAseq or Ribosome-bound). So this let us study the > differentially transcribed genes or differentially translated genes. And > got really nice results. > > The next step is to compare the translational efficiencies between them. In > each sample the ratio between read counts of Ribosome bound mRNAs and > fragmented mRNA would give us the translational efficience of that gene. We > can generate these efficiences (ratios) for each of the three replicates in > each group. Can I feed this data to edgeR to find out which genes have > 'differential efficiencies' between groups? > > I understand, edgeR insists on NOT normalizing the read counts and all the > further statistics depends on the total library size count. By, using > ratios, i completely throw edgeR off. But, i am not sure what is the best > alternate to this? > > Any ideas? > > Much thanks in advance, > Gowthaman > > > -- > Gowthaman > > Bioinformatics Systems Programmer. > SBRI, 307 West lake Ave N Suite 500 > Seattle, WA. 98109-5219 > Phone : LAB 206-256-7188 (direct). > ______________________________________________________________________ The information in this email is confidential and intend...{{dropped:4}}
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Gowthaman as far as I understand, your library 2 falls in the class of 'iCLIP' experiments. Perhaps the methods part of this paper can provide some analysis ideas: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3629564/ I believe that the 'offset' matrix in edgeR or the 'per-gene normalisation factors' of DESeq2 could also be useful in this context. Best wishes Wolfgang El Apr 29, 2013, a las 8:37 am, Gordon K Smyth <smyth at="" wehi.edu.au=""> escribi?: > Dear Gowthaman, > > I'm not quite sure what translational efficiencies are. Do you have a different efficiency value for each gene and each RNA sample? If you do, why not take logs of the ratios (offsetting counts by 1/2 or 1 to avoid zeros) and feed them into limma? > > Best wishes > Gordon > >> Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:22:28 -0700 >> From: gowtham <ragowthaman at="" gmail.com=""> >> To: bioconductor <bioconductor at="" r-project.org=""> >> Subject: [BioC] edgeR: Using ratios (translational efficiencies) as >> input >> >> Hi Everyone, >> I have been using edgeR for the last couple years with great success. >> Thanks very much. Now I have slightly unconventional dataset to try. We >> have two groups to compare (life stages) each with three replicates. But, >> for each sample in each group, we made two different RNAseq libraries. >> 1) one from fragmented mRNA (classical RNAseq) and >> 2) another from Ribosome-bound RNA fragments. This library would indicate >> how much of the RNA is actively being translated. >> >> I have used edgeR to analyse data from each of this separately (data from >> classical RNAseq or Ribosome-bound). So this let us study the >> differentially transcribed genes or differentially translated genes. And >> got really nice results. >> >> The next step is to compare the translational efficiencies between them. In >> each sample the ratio between read counts of Ribosome bound mRNAs and >> fragmented mRNA would give us the translational efficience of that gene. We >> can generate these efficiences (ratios) for each of the three replicates in >> each group. Can I feed this data to edgeR to find out which genes have >> 'differential efficiencies' between groups? >> >> I understand, edgeR insists on NOT normalizing the read counts and all the >> further statistics depends on the total library size count. By, using >> ratios, i completely throw edgeR off. But, i am not sure what is the best >> alternate to this? >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Much thanks in advance, >> Gowthaman >> >> >> -- >> Gowthaman >> >> Bioinformatics Systems Programmer. >> SBRI, 307 West lake Ave N Suite 500 >> Seattle, WA. 98109-5219 >> Phone : LAB 206-256-7188 (direct). >> > > ______________________________________________________________________ > The information in this email is confidential and intend...{{dropped:4}} > > _______________________________________________ > Bioconductor mailing list > Bioconductor at r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor > Search the archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor
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