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In the above ProbeSet group it is clear that the structure depends greatly on the associated value,<br />
since f<strong>or</strong> a large maj<strong>or</strong>ity <strong>of</strong> the ProbeSets the direction <strong>of</strong> change is the same regardless <strong>of</strong> the<br />
method f<strong>or</strong> generating the value. However, the selection <strong>of</strong> the ProbeSets was based on BaFL<br />
values: it is possible that an intersection <strong>of</strong> RMA/dCHIP DE ProbeSets would have equally<br />
meaningful structure. To assess this, a list <strong>of</strong> predicted DE ProbeSets shared by RMA and dCHIP<br />
in both experiments was derived. As a final step, that list was filtered f<strong>or</strong> those retained (not<br />
necessarily DE) in the BaFL protocol. The resulting list has 940 ProbeSets. The Laplacian<br />
dimension reduction method was again employed using values supplied by each <strong>of</strong> the three<br />
methods; results are presented in the Appendix F. Similarly these 940 ProbeSets demonstrated<br />
the same consistent latent structure f<strong>or</strong> the log transf<strong>or</strong>med data, while The RMA and dCHIP<br />
produced data lacked any structure. Additionally, these 940 ProbeSets possessed a marked<br />
increase in the number <strong>of</strong> pattern discondant ProbeSets f<strong>or</strong> the RMA and dCHIP data.<br />
We note that f<strong>or</strong> one ProbeSet the BaFL interpretation <strong>of</strong> the Bhattacharjee and Stearman results<br />
disagreed as to the direction <strong>of</strong> differential expression. This ProbeSet, 34532_at / CUGBP2, is<br />
the overall pattern is reflected across all <strong>of</strong> the individual probes as well, and is not the result <strong>of</strong> a<br />
single highly variant probe in the set (data not shown).<br />
The ‘On’ and ’Off’ Categ<strong>or</strong>y <strong>of</strong> ProbeSets<br />
Because the BaFL-based pipeline requires that a minimum <strong>of</strong> 4 probes be present bef<strong>or</strong>e a<br />
ProbeSet is considered it will miss any genes that are always present in one sample class and<br />
never present in the other. F<strong>or</strong> the goal <strong>of</strong> finding the smallest number <strong>of</strong> ProbeSets with the<br />
greatest difference between classes (the ideal diagnostic) this is a flaw, if such ProbeSets exist. In<br />
fact, we have identified only two such Probesets in these experiments. Osteopontin (34342_s_at)<br />
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