Abstract
All quantitative proteomics experiments measure variation between samples. When performing large-scale experiments that involve multiple conditions or treatments, the experimental design should include the appropriate number of individual biological replicates from each condition to enable the distinction between a relevant biological signal from technical noise. Multivariate statistical analyses, such as principal component analysis (PCA), provide a global perspective on experimental variation, thereby enabling the assessment of whether the variation describes the expected biological signal or the unanticipated technical/biological noise inherent in the system. Examples will be shown from high-resolution multivariable DIGE experiments where PCA was instrumental in demonstrating biologically significant variation as well as sample outliers, fouled samples, and overriding technical variation that would not be readily observed using standard univariate tests.
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Friedman, D.B. (2012). Assessing Signal-to-Noise in Quantitative Proteomics: Multivariate Statistical Analysis in DIGE Experiments. In: Cramer, R., Westermeier, R. (eds) Difference Gel Electrophoresis (DIGE). Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 854. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-573-2_4
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