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- Title
LuxRep: a technical replicate-aware method for bisulfite sequencing data analysis.
- Authors
Malonzo, Maia H.; Halla-aho, Viivi; Konki, Mikko; Lund, Riikka J.; Lähdesmäki, Harri
- Abstract
Background: DNA methylation is commonly measured using bisulfite sequencing (BS-seq). The quality of a BS-seq library is measured by its bisulfite conversion efficiency. Libraries with low conversion rates are typically excluded from analysis resulting in reduced coverage and increased costs. Results: We have developed a probabilistic method and software, LuxRep, that implements a general linear model and simultaneously accounts for technical replicates (libraries from the same biological sample) from different bisulfite-converted DNA libraries. Using simulations and actual DNA methylation data, we show that including technical replicates with low bisulfite conversion rates generates more accurate estimates of methylation levels and differentially methylated sites. Moreover, using variational inference speeds up computation time necessary for whole genome analysis. Conclusions: In this work we show that taking into account technical replicates (i.e. libraries) of BS-seq data of varying bisulfite conversion rates, with their corresponding experimental parameters, improves methylation level estimation and differential methylation detection.
- Subjects
SEQUENCE analysis; DNA methylation; DATA analysis; PROBABILISTIC generative models; METHYLATION
- Publication
BMC Bioinformatics, 2022, Vol 23, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1471-2105
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12859-021-04546-1