Research Article
Robust Microarray Meta-Analysis Identifies Differentially Expressed Genes for Clinical Prediction
Table 1
Microarray datasets.
(a) Breast cancer estrogen receptor status |
| Dataset | ER+ | ER− | Platform | No. of probes |
| MDACC Train | 80 | 50 | Affy HG-U133A | 22283 | MDACC Test | 60 | 40 | Affy HG-U133A | 22283 | Miller | 213 | 34 | Affy HG-U133A | 22283 | Sotiriou | 72 | 24 | Affy HG-U133A | 22283 | Minn | 57 | 42 | Affy HG-U133A | 22283 | Van't Veer | 226 | 69 | Agilent 2-Color | 24496 |
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Common probes: 8953.
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(b) Renal cancer subtype |
| Dataset | CC | Other | Platform | No. of probes |
| Schuetz | 13 | 12 | Affy HG-Focus | 8793 | Jones | 32 | 29 | Affy HG-U133A | 22283 | Kort | 10 | 30 | Affy HG-U133+2.0 | 54675 | Yusenko | 26 | 27 | Affy HG-U133+2.0 | 54675 | Higgins | 26 | 9 | cDNA 2-Color | 22689 |
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Common probes: 946.
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(c) Pancreatic cancer diagnosis |
| Dataset | Normal | Cancer | Platform | No. of probes |
| Badea | 39 | 39 | Affy HG-U133+2.0 | 54675 | Ishikawa | 25 | 24 | Affy HG-U133A/B | 44928 | Pei | 16 | 36 | Affy HG-U133+2.0 | 54675 | Pilarsky | 18 | 27 | Affy HG-U133A/B | 44928 |
Iacobuzio-Donahue | 5 | 17 | cDNA 2-Color | 43910 |
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Common probes: 4530.
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