Metagenes and molecular pattern discovery using matrix factorization
Metagenes and molecular pattern discovery using matrix factorization
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.0308531101
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发表时间:
2004-03-23
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Mesirov, JP
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作者:
Brunet, JP;Tamayo, P;Mesirov, JP
We describe here the use of nonnegative matrix factorization (NMF), an algorithm based on decomposition by parts that can reduce the dimension of expression data from thousands of genes to a handful of metagenes. Coupled with a model selection mechanism, adapted to work for any stochastic clustering algorithm, NMF is an efficient method for identification of distinct molecular patterns and provides a powerful method for class discovery. We demonstrate the ability of NMF to recover meaningful biological information from cancer-related microarray data. NMF appears to have advantages over other methods such as hierarchical clustering or self-organizing maps. We found it less sensitive to a priori selection of genes or initial conditions and able to detect alternative or context-dependent patterns of gene expression in complex biological systems. This ability, similar to semantic polysemy in text, provides a general method for robust molecular pattern discovery.