[BioC] Dye bias adjustment of Illumina Infinium Methylation data

Shi, Tao shidaxia at yahoo.com
Wed Sep 8 18:22:28 CEST 2010


Thanks, Pan!  Looking forward to your new functions!  When they'll become 
available?

...Tao




----- Original Message ----
> From: Pan Du <dupan at northwestern.edu>
> To: "Shi, Tao" <shidaxia at yahoo.com>; Ina Hoeschele <inah at vbi.vt.edu>
> Cc: Simon Lin <S-Lin2 at northwestern.edu>; Sean Davis <sdavis2 at mail.nih.gov>; 
>bioconductor at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Sent: Tue, September 7, 2010 6:34:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [BioC] Dye bias adjustment of Illumina Infinium Methylation data
> 
> Hi Tao
> 
> The dye bias in the same batch is not a big problem,but dye bias  may cause
> severe batch effects. I will provide some example data in the lumi  package
> to show the effects of dye bias when combining data in different  batches.
> The basic idea of color bias adjustment is to normalize two color  channels
> each other. You will see more details after I upload the functions  to Bioc.
> The color bias functions may still need improvements. So your  feedbacks are
> welcome.  
> 
> 
> Pan
> 
> 
> On 9/7/10 7:10 PM,  "Shi, Tao" <shidaxia at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> >  Hi Pan,
> > 
> > Could you please clarify the "dye bias" you're  referring to?   If you're
> > referring to the bias between the two  channels, I think it's clear to me 
>from
> > Illumina's document and the  recent review article from Peter Laird in 
Nature
> > Review Genetics, that  there is no need of adjustment, as the two channels 
in
> > Infinium are not  corresponding to the methylation states.  The 
normalization
> > method  of adjusting median of the two channels as used in methylumi is
> >  inappropriate for Infinium data.
> > 
> > Could you please elaborate  more on the color bias adjustment functions
> > implemented in 
> > 
> > lumi?  I'm really curious to see.
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > ...Tao
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >  ________________________________
> > From: Pan Du <dupan at northwestern.edu>
> > To:  Ina Hoeschele <inah at vbi.vt.edu>
> > Cc: Simon Lin  <S-Lin2 at northwestern.edu>; Sean  Davis 
<sdavis2 at mail.nih.gov>;
> > bioconductor at stat.math.ethz.ch
> >  Sent: Tue, September 7, 2010 10:17:14 AM
> > Subject: Re: [BioC] Dye bias  adjustment of Illumina Infinium Methylation 
>data
> > 
> > Hi Ina
> > 
> > Based on our experience, dye bias does exist in most of our datasets,  and
> > the bias is usually consistent within the same batch. If all your  data is 
in
> > the same batch, then usually no color bias adjustment is  necessary for
> > Illumina Infinium methylation data. This is consistent  with the Illumina
> > explanation as you described. However, if your data  includes several
> > different batches, then dye bias adjustment is  important if the dye bias is
> > quite different across different  batches.
> > 
> > The lumi package will include some color bias  adjustment functions by the
> > end of this month (before the new release of  Bioc). The lumi package will
> > also include support of Infinium 450K  arrays in the future.
> > 
> > 
> > Pan
> > 
> > 
> > On  9/7/10 11:59 AM, "Ina Hoeschele" <inah at vbi.vt.edu> wrote:
> > 
> >> Can someone please clarify for me the need for dye bias adjustment  for
> >> Illumina Infinium methylation data? Below is an 'explanation'  from 
Illumina
> >> to
> >> justfy why no dye adjustment is  needed:
> >> "We actually have two different bead types for each locus,  where the 3'
> >> terminus corresponds to the methylated and unmethylated  condition.  A 
>single
> >> base extension is performed and the base  after the methylation site is 
what
> >> actually determines the signal  (red or green) for the locus.  Since the 
>base
> >> proximal to the  methylation site will always be the same whether the site 
>is
> >>  methylated or not, your overall signal will always be in one color for  a
> >> given
> >> locus.  This means that no color  normalization is necessary.  This is
> >> probably
> >> more  easily explained by taking a look at cartoon in the attached Data
> >>  Sheet."
> >> 
> >> Secondly, will methylumi, lumi and beadarray be  able to deal with the new
> >> Infinium 450K methylation  data?
> >> 
> >> Many thanks ... Ina
> >> 
> >> 
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Sean Davis" <sdavis2 at mail.nih.gov>
> >> To:  "Chao-Jen Wong" <cwon2 at fhcrc.org>
> >> Cc: bioconductor at stat.math.ethz.ch
> >>  Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 5:10:29 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [BioC]  DNA-Methylation, CopyNumber Results
> >> 
> >> On Thu, Jun 17,  2010 at 4:43 PM, Chao-Jen Wong <cwon2 at fhcrc.org> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> As for Illumina Infinium methylation data, you can use the  methylumi
> >>> package to  manipulate the data and perform  quality control and
> >>> normalization. Subsequently use limma to do  differential methylation
> >>> analysis.
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >> Just keep in mind that the data from the Illumina  arrays are pretty
> >> non-normal, so some assumptions that come into  play when using a 
parametric
> >> testing method may be in  question.
> >> 
> >> Sean
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >>> On 06/16/10 19:22, Noemi Andor wrote:
> >>>>  Hi,
> >>>> 
> >>>> I need to parse some raw  Methylation data from Illumina (Infinium) and
> >>> some copy number  results (CGH, high amount of data). I would be grateful 
>for
> >>> any  useful information like which bioconducter packages to use,  
>alternative
> >>> tools, normalization.
> >>>> 
> >>>> thank's in advance,
> >>>> 
> >>>> Noemi
> >>>> 
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