Nonlinear ridge regression improves cell-type-specific differential expression analysis

Abstract Background Epigenome-wide association studies (EWAS) and differential gene expression analyses are generally performed on tissue samples, which consist of multiple cell types. Cell-type-specific effects of a trait, such as disease, on the omics expression are of interest but difficult or co...

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Main Authors: Fumihiko Takeuchi, Norihiro Kato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-021-03982-3