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生物医学知识整合论将进入实用研究阶段

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发表于 2004-6-13 12:45:13 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
随着医学信息化进程的强劲势头,生物医学知识整合论(BMKI)除了继续进一步深刻探讨生物医学知识整合的基础理论问题外,同时将进入其实用研究阶段。

尽管遇到各种各样的困难和挫折,电子病历的普及的势头不可阻挡,电子病历的逐步普及将带来全新的医学认知和决策概念,同时也将提出一系列知识支撑的需求,数据医学的桅杆已遥遥在望。

整合论将从整合的视点来审视形形色色的医学问题及其解决方法。
发表于 2004-6-14 09:24:47 | 显示全部楼层

生物医学知识整合论将进入实用研究阶段

非常期盼老包的研究,电子病历的研究及发展目前正缺乏有效的理论及整体性的指导!热烈期盼!
 楼主| 发表于 2004-6-14 12:41:42 | 显示全部楼层

生物医学知识整合论将进入实用研究阶段

正在思考成立一个数据医学和整合医学研究会,商讨和研究具体的课题和工作。欢迎论坛上年轻有为,富有远见卓识的学子们共创大业。
发表于 2004-6-14 14:26:11 | 显示全部楼层

生物医学知识整合论将进入实用研究阶段

可能把“数据医学”叫成“数字医学”比较顺口。
 楼主| 发表于 2004-6-14 14:47:17 | 显示全部楼层

生物医学知识整合论将进入实用研究阶段

我这里数据二字是相对于知识级而言,我把UMLS、Galen工程等看作知识级工程,这一级的知识处理,运算或整合背后的语用环境非常复杂,投资巨大,中国学者难有作为。但数据级就不同,人类对计算机依赖性大,近来发展迅猛,中国学者可大有作为。数字医学就象数字医院一样,作为一个概念比较抽象,涵盖极广,特指性较差。所以没有用它。不过具体名称还可进一步商榷。
发表于 2004-6-14 15:18:35 | 显示全部楼层

生物医学知识整合论将进入实用研究阶段

呵呵,老包,这方面我很感兴趣,如有合适研究工作,我非常愿意参加!可别忘了我呦!
 楼主| 发表于 2004-6-14 15:38:51 | 显示全部楼层

生物医学知识整合论将进入实用研究阶段

一定!
发表于 2004-6-14 15:40:35 | 显示全部楼层

生物医学知识整合论将进入实用研究阶段

包老,大家对您的整合论都非常感兴趣,可不可以考虑借助咱们论坛办个网上培训,系统讲一讲啊(我第一个报名哦:)? 先预祝您的整合论能早日发扬光大,遍地生花! 呵呵
 楼主| 发表于 2004-6-14 16:14:36 | 显示全部楼层

生物医学知识整合论将进入实用研究阶段

谢谢!很好的建议。让我好好想想。
 楼主| 发表于 2004-6-14 21:36:13 | 显示全部楼层

生物医学知识整合论将进入实用研究阶段

拟从建立人体正常值数据库开始.
发表于 2004-6-14 21:44:35 | 显示全部楼层

生物医学知识整合论将进入实用研究阶段

最初由 老包 发表
[B]拟从建立人体正常值数据库开始. [/B]


能否请包老师简单讲讲您的计划思路与虚拟人的计划思路有什么不同、创新之处?
 楼主| 发表于 2004-6-15 00:38:26 | 显示全部楼层

生物医学知识整合论将进入实用研究阶段

[B]
最初由 Dongxi 发表
能否请包老师简单讲讲您的计划思路与虚拟人的计划思路有什么不同、创新之处?
[/B]


到今天为止,我还只能谈谈基本设想,并没有一条清晰的工作思路。就象当初人们知道Internet好,但并无一套完整的发展方法学。但这并未妨碍Internet的飞速发展。只要我们知道它是可以实现的,并拥有开拓未来的勇气和智慧就足够了。

虚拟人体与知识整合的关系:我想虚拟人体工程中涉及大量的数据和知识整合问题,数据和知识整合问题也理所当然与虚拟人体密切相关。

虚拟人体是医学信息化一个方向,是一个比较笼统的概念,就象我们提出要实现数字医院的口号一样。狭义的虚拟人体被理解为可视化虚拟人体(就象美国NML所做的那样),这实际上是图象象元的灰度在空间中一一对应式的整合,是最低层次的整合。但更多的人在提到虚拟人体似乎象把鼻子,眼睛,嘴巴,躯干,四肢(反正都是数据)协调配合好,画成一幅画。所以很多人在谈论虚拟人体时,他的整合科学水平仅仅处在机器装配水平。就象一个孩子想着有一天能长出翅膀飞上月球,他的“方法论”太幼稚,太朴素;而对一个航天学家,他就非常明白飞上月球意味着多少科学,意味着多少技术。

我认为生物医学知识整合是一个全新的科学世界,一个全新的科学领域。机体中物理的,化学的,生物的,意识的,......成千上万的机制如何分割,联系,交通,控制,结构形成,层次转化,......在这个方向上,每一个进展都是一个伟大的创造。

整合的观点在哲学上似乎是理所当然的,系统学家很早就提出这个观点。但我可以说,即使说明比较简单的心血管系统的心肌机械收缩,瓣膜运动,以及流体力学,管径变化,血管壁的通透性,心脏的内分泌功能相互如何整合协调,其困难也是难以想象的。

所以可以这么说,[U][B]虚拟人体有赖于整合科学,没有知识整合科学虚拟人体就无从谈起。[/B][/U]这也就是我们的BMKI虽然心比天高,但每跨出一步,每一个新命题,每一个新定义,都小心翼翼,反复思量的道理。它的应用研究也拟从最基础的工作开始。我不认为我们已轻而易举地获得了多少创新,但这是一块人们尚未接触新的领地,是勇敢者的领地,全新的规律等待人们去发掘。随着电子病历的普及,一种全新的需求等待着整合论的新发现。作为一个科学爱好者,某种预感是极端重要的。

我想我们也可以反过来想一想,如果我们不加强整合研究,我们将拥有的越来越多的数据岂非多半会成为数据垃圾?
 楼主| 发表于 2004-6-15 08:22:41 | 显示全部楼层

生物医学知识整合论将进入实用研究阶段

[B][I][U]最初由 dongxi 发表

能否请包老师简单讲讲您的计划思路与虚拟人的计划思路有什么不同、创新之处?[/U][/I][/B]


我想就Dongxi这一问题再讲述一些看法:

我在上一个帖子中讲了目前的虚拟人体,主要指可视虚拟人体,实际为解剖学虚拟人体。对功能性整合,我只看到一些诸如“生理虚拟人体”或“药理虚拟人体”等提法,没有见到实质性的工作。

并且所有这些整合方向的研究,都不能违避一些基本哲学问题。所以首先须有哲学上有大的创新或突破。在谈论我们BMKI在哲学上很多新的认识或创新以前,我想与前两次一样,先问大家一个问题(我发现让大家思考一些问题是最有效的讨论问题方法,可以让大家一起参与到一个具体的创新过程,参与到一个苦苦思索的问题解决过程中)。

这个问题大家可能已熟知,那就是著名的三体问题。例如地球-太阳-月亮运动着并相互作用着的一个问题。根据牛顿的决定论,任何系统只要知道其初态(位置。速度,力等),那么我们就可以预测其将来的(甚至推测其过去)的任何时刻的状态。法国数学家拉普拉斯对此有过一句著名的论断(被我称为拉普拉斯之妖)。但后来证明“三体系统是不可预测系统”,或“预测是非常困难的系统”。

那么相对简单三体系统尚且如此,我们的机体作为一个“万体系统”是怎么作到自体整合的?我们又怎么可能对关于机体的知识作大规模的整合呢?
 楼主| 发表于 2004-6-15 21:43:49 | 显示全部楼层

生物医学知识整合论将进入实用研究阶段

下载一篇关于基因表达阵列数据分析的文章,介绍对数千个基因表达同时分析的方法,看看与我们的数据医学的设想有无关系,BMKI是否可与诸如ArrayDB等合作的可能?

http://www.37c.com.cn/topic/003/00303.asp?FileName=003010801.htm

Data management and analysis for gene expression arrays
Olga Ermolaeva1,2,Mohit Rastogi3,Kim D.Pruitt2,Gregory D.Schuler2,Michael L.Bittner1,Yidong Chen1,Richard Simon4,Paul Meltzer1,Jeffrey M.Trent1 & Mark S.Boguskj2,3
Microarray technology makes it possible to simultaneously study the expression of thousands of genes during a single experiment.We have developed an information system,ArrayDB,to manage and analyse large-scale expression data.The underlying relational database was designed to allow flexibility in the nature and structure of data input and also in the generation of standard or customized reports through a web-browser interface.ArrayDB provides varied options for data retrieval and analysis tools that should facilitate the interpretation of complex hybridization results.A sampling of ArrayDB storage,retrieval and analysis capabilities is available(www.nhgri.nih.gov/DIV/LCG/15K/HTML),along with information on a set of approximately 15,000 genes used go fabricate several widely used microarrays.Information stored in ArrayDB is used to provide inetgrated gene expression reports by linking array target sequences with NCB1's Entrez retrieval system,Unigene and KEGG pathway views.The integration of esternal information resources is essenteal in inerpreting intrinsic patterns and relationships in large-scale gene expression data.
Our modern concept of gene expression datas to 1961,when messenger RNA was discovered,the genetic code deciphered and the theory or genetic regulation lr protein synthesis described1-3.The first attempts at global surveys of gene expression were undertaken in the mid-1970s.Kinetic studies of the hybridization of mRNA pools with radioactively labelled cDNA produced the general concepts os varying mRNA abundance classes that are related to the functional class(structural,catalytic and so on)of the translated proteins4,5.These experiments also provided insight intoi)the number of members of these classes;(ii)the presence of a large number of ubiquitously expressed(`house-keeping')genes thought to be necessary for the structural and functional integrity of all cell types;and(iii)the  existence of significant numbers of genes that are apparently cell-type-specific.This period coincided with the establishment and popularization of the phrase‘gene expression’through its usage in the titles of a series of influential books6-9.Interest in gene expression increased steadily during the 1980s,as shown by the fact that the frequency of usage of the phrase increased more than 10-fold in the titles of publications over this decade(unpub.obs).
In the 1990s,a new of era or gene expression studies has unfolded as a result of data sufficiency(that is,complete genomes of comprehensive cDNA surveys)and technological advances10-12.As a consequence of large-scale DNA sequencig activities,there are now more DNA sequences in GenBank than there are related publicarions in the literature (Fig.1).Thus,we have reached a turning point in biomedical research:in the past we have had many publications about a relatively small number of genes,whereas now,and in the future,single publications will begin to encompass aspects of thousands of genes12-17.Large-scale study of gene expression is a hallmark of the transition from ‘structural’to ‘functional’genomics18,where knowing the complete sequence of a genome is only the first step in understanding how it works.
There are several new technologies for studying the simultaneous expression of large numbers of genes.These technologies may be generally divided into serial and parallel methods.The serial methods involve direct,large-scale sequencing of cDNA (for revirw,see ref.19);the parallel approaches are based on hybridization to cDNA immobilized on glass (termed ‘microarrays’;ref.11)or to synthetic oligonucleotides immobilized on silica wafers or ‘chips’(termed ‘probe arrays’;refs 10,20).In both parallel methods,hybridized probes are detected using incorporated fluorescent nucleotide analogs.These methods are the conceptual descendents of filter-immobilized targets detected by radioactive probes21,22,and filter-based technology is undergoing a renaissance as a low-cost alternative to the newer methods.Regardless,arrays of hybridization targets,generated at high density in small areas(for example,10,000 cDNAs on a 2×2cm filter or glass slide)are now commonly referred to as microar-

Fig.1 Cumulative growth of molecular biology and genetics literature(blue)compared with DNA sequences(green).Articles in the "G5"(molecular biology and genetics)subset of MEDLINE are plotted alongside DNA sequence records in GenBank over the same time period.The former data was obtained with the help of R.M.Woodsmall of NCB1 and the latter data is available(ft[://ncbi.nim.nih.gov/genbank/gbrel.txt).No attempt has been made to eliminate data redundancy among either the DNA sequence rdcords or information contained in the literature.
Box1·The 10K/15K gene sets
The initial resources required to design and fabricate gene expression microarrays include cDNA sequence data,cDNA clones,orboth.ldentification of genes and clones of interest is problematic due to the quantity and redundancy of sequence data available.Some problems associated with the large-scale application of genome resources have been faced before in the context of building a transcript map of the human genome24 ,and databases consisting of non-redundant collections of human and mouse genes and ESTs have been developed25 .The UniGene collection of human sequences (http://www,ncbi.nlm.nih,gov/UniGene/)currently represents more than 45,000 genes and it is possible to fabricate arrays containing this entire collection.lnitial work in our laboratories focused on a smaller,but still significant subset of approximately 10,000-15,000 transcribed human sequences referred to as the 10K and 15K sets, originally conceived by P.Brown,J.M.T.and M.L.B.developed by G.S. and arrayed by J.Hudson.Detailed information on the composition of these sets is available (http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/DlR/LCG/15K/HTML/).Briefly,the sets were designed to include a selection of human genes of known function, ESTs on the human transcript map24,ESTs with significant similarities to genes in other organisms and some handpicked genes of specific research interest.
rays.Detailed discussion of these technologies is beyond the scope of this article(see http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ncic ... tech_info.html and [/url]
Although a great deal of effort has gone into the development of the enabling technologies, relatively little attention has been paid to the computational biology underlying data analysis and interpretation We describe here some general aspects of gene expression informatics as well as our specific implementation of an integrated data management and analyses system(ArrayDB), designed as a database-backed web site23.Informatics plays an important role at every step in the process, from the design of arrays through through laboratory information management, to the processing and interpretation of experimental results. We also discuss the role of the public database in this new era of biomedical research.
Design considerations
Array-based experiments aim to simultaneously catalogue the expression behaviour of thousands of genes in a single experiment. It is also expected that comparisons will be carried out across tissues, developmental and pathological states, or as temporal responses following a defined alteration to cells or their environment. Such experiments require the ability to manage large quantities of data both before and after the experiment. The design and construction of arrays that will detect gene expression requires direct access to all sequences, annotations and physical DNA resources for genes of an organism(Box 1).
Following hybridization and readout of relative expression levels observed in various sites on an array, the data collected must be stored and preserved in a way to make it readily available for image processing26 and statistical and biological analysis. The latter includes identifying the changing and unchanging levels of expression and correlating these changes to identify sets of genes with similar profiles. Easy access to existing biological knowledge of gene function and interaction is necessary to fully interpret the biological implications of the observed patterns. An information system must also be flexible enough to accommodate new statistical data mining tools as they become available.
Laboratory information management systems(LIMS)
The successful use of large-scale functional genomics technologies depends on robust and efficient systems for tracking and managing material and information flow. An overview of the types of practical problems addressed by our LIMS is shown(Fig.2). The individual components and detailed design of LIMS is connected with specific laboratory environments, particularly for those technologies still under development,but some general principles have guided our work. These include the use of an industry standard relational database management system combined with platformindependent web browser interfaces for data entry and retrieval23.
The microarray LIMS, ArrayDB, was developed to store, retrieve and analyse microarray experiment information. The ArrayDB system integrates the multiple processes involved in microarray expression experiments, including data management,user interface, robotic printing, array scanning, array scanning and image processing26. Data stored in the ArrayDB system includes information about the experimental resources, experimental parameters and conditions, and raw and processed hybridization results.
The relational database underlying the ArrayDB system stores extensive information pertaining to each clone in the microarray,including a brief gene description, GenBank accession number, IMAGE clone identifier(http://www-bio.llnl.gov/bbrp/image/image.htm), metabolic pathway identifier and internal clone identifier(Fig.3). ArrayDB also stores information rdlated to microarray fabrication and experimental conditions and outcomes. This information includes data pertaining to printing the arrays(such as the printer robor parameters), environmental conditions(temperature,humidity,tip wash conditions)and the GIPO(‘gene in plate order’)data that relates the clones and their relative order on the array. In addition, the addition, the database stores extensive information about the probes and experimental conditions, including the investigator’s name, the purpose of the experiment and textual descriptions of the conditions, tissues or cell types in which the‘red’(Cy5-labelled)and‘green’(Cy3-labelled)hybridization probes originated. Information on hybridization results includes the scanned(‘raw’)images, hybridization intensity data, intensity ratios and background values.
The design  of ArrayDB allows for flexibility in the exact nature of the data stored. This design strategy permits data input from different sources. Most clone information stored in the ArrayDB is extracted from UniGene(for example,sequence definition and accession number). However, the design accommodates addition of newly isolated clones for which accession numbers or meaningful names are not yet available. Many data input and processing tasks are automated. Software automatically scans a directory for new intensity data that are uploaded into the database without requiring an operator’s assistance. Additional automated  

Fig.2 Schematic overview of the ArrayDB information management system. The basic information in the database consists of arrays,‘ probes’ and images, Arrays of specific cDNA clone inserts(and accompanying annotation) are as described in the text, Box 1 and the legend to Figure 3. The section labelled‘probes ’signifies details of a particular experiment as described in the text. Details regarding image processing are provided26, An ad hoc raw image format is used for processing, but this is converted to standard formats (JPEG,GIF)for subsequent analysis and display. A complete relational schema of the database is available on request.  
Fig.3 Screen captures of various data retridval and analysis tools within ArrayDB. a, ArrayViewer histogram (additional details in test). b, ArrayViewer image and results. The ArrayViewer Java Applet displays the scanned array image in the top window. Boxes and the ranking number are overlaid on the image for clones that have satisfied the query criteria; clones are ranked according to ascending ratio value. The boxed clones, and related quantitative data, are listed under the image. Quantitative data presented in the lower window include: the ranking number, IMAGE clone ID  the ratio, probe Aintensity, probe B intensity, probe size, probe B pixel size and the clone tatle. c. ArrayViewer cluster report. The example shows a report fot Tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase.‘Cl_id’is an internal database identifier. The ‘Clone’field contains the IMAGE clone identifier and is hyperlinked to the dbEST records containing the sequences of this clone. ‘FIags’summarizes the criteria by which this sequence was included in the 10K/15K sets. ‘Txmap’refers to the location of an STS derived from this sequence on the human transcript map24 and ‘Clust’ indicates the UniGene cluster dontaining this sequence(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/UniGene).‘EC’ contains the enzyme commission nomenclature number for this enzyme and ‘KEGG’links it to the biochemical pathway reports available through the KEGG web site (http://www.genome.ad.jp/kegg/)27.‘Pl/Row/Col’ refers to the microtitre plate and well from which the original clone was obtained. The ‘Genes’ field contains GenBank accession numbers for annotated(non-EST)versions of the sequence and the ‘3’EST’and‘5’EST' fieles contain GenBank accession numbers for all ESTs corresponeing to the cDNA sequence Lastly. the 'Sequence' field contains only those accession numbers referring to those EST sequences derived from the actual lMAGE clone insert sdldcted for inclusion in the array.
processes were developed to facilitate integration of intensity dara with clones data; for example, ArrayDB maintains the association between a spot on an image and all the data related to the clone located at that position on the microarray.
The web-based user interface to the ArrayDB  system allows convenient retieval of distinct types of information, ranging from clone data to intensity data to analysis results. ArrayDB supports database queries by different fields, such as clone ID, title, experiment number, sequence accession number, or microtiter plate number, with a resulting report of the relevant clone (s). Additional information about each clone is avaible through hypertext links to other databases such as dbEST, GenBank or UniGene. Furthermore, metabolic pathway information is also available through links to the Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes(KEGG)web site27.
The inconsistency in gene nomenclature makes it more efficient and accurate to search for a gene of interest by doing a sequence similarity search. ArrayDB supports BLASTN searches against the 10K/15K set so that anyone can quickly detrmine if a gene of interest is included on our arrays. Matches against individual sequences are linked to a 'cluster report'(Fig.3c),and from there to further annotation in external databases via hypertext links as described above.
 
Data analysis
The ultimate goal of ArrayDB is to identify patterns and relationships among intensity ratios both in individual and across multiple experiments. The ArrayViewer tool supports retrieval and analysis of single experiments; MultiExperiment viewer supports analysis of data from multiple experiments. In addition, the option to download intensity data, images and some analysis results to a local disk adds flexibility to the end-users analysis options: once downloaded, intensity data can be imported into other software packages for analysis.
ArrayViewer facilitates identification of statistically significant hybridization results in single experiments. The data est for a single experiment includes intensity ratio data for two fluorescent hybridization probes. However, the inherent flexibility in the ArrayDB design strategy is compatible with results derived from single intensity (for example, radioactive probe) data. In the case of radioactive probes, a single image consists of the intensity data from two separate hybridization experiments using two different
Fig.4 MultiExperiment viewer window.a,The main panel of the MultiExperiment viewer is divided into three sectios.The left side is composed of the control panel where the query criteria are selected .One also selects the experiments to analyse and other filters such as keywords,minium intensities and minimum pixel sizes.The data returned from a query can be downloaded in a tab delimited text file by selecting download list in this panel .the control panel can also be used to alter the y-axis format and scale of the data represented in the window on the right side .This window is a dot plot of the experimental data returned from the query.Selecting particular 'dots'with a mouse highlights the ratio data for that clone across all selected experiments in both the dot plot and the quantitative data in the lower right window .The lower right window displays the calibrated ratio of the returned genes (clones).Selecting the ranking number highlights that data in the dot -plot .The IMAGE consortium Clone id is linked to the cluster reports (Fig.3,legend).Selecting ratio and title will launch a new window (B)that displays the red and green intensities and sizes for that clone .by selecting advanced options in the control panel ,a new winow (C)islaunched that allows greater flexibility and control in defining a query .Greater precision is achieved by allowing one to specify experiments where only up-regulated clones or only down-regulated clones are of interest.
Probes.Ratios of the imtensity values obtained with each probe,for each clone ,are determined and stored in the database.(The mathematical basis for our image analysis approach is reported elsewhere26)The basic premise of Array Viewer is that significant hybridization result can be determined from the ratio values.Therefore,ArrayViewer initially displays a histogram that is created on demand using the ratios stored in ArrayDB(Fig.3a).
From the ArrayViewer  histogram,there are three basic ways to query the data and return information on the nature and expression of specific genes .The first method uses a confidence algorithm26.Querying by confidence values will  return a list of those genes with statistically significant ratio values that are less than a lower confidence limit and greater than an upper confidence limit ,The default confidence value is 99%,but this can be changed and the lower and upper confidence limits re-calculated .The second method allows the user to select a range of ratios on the histogram and will return informaion on genes with expression ratios in this range.The last method is to simply view the image of the hybridization results and select spots in the array using a computer mouse or other pointing device .One can further refine the ArrayViewer query by adjusting optional filters for minimum intensity,maximum intensity ,minimum size ,or keyword.
Query results are provided in a new window that displays the array image and a list of clones with their associated intensity data (Fig.3b).Additional information about each data point or clone can be obtained by clicking on the ranking number(red)or the  clone Id number (blue),respectively,Selecting the ranking number opens a new window presenting A×10magnification of the  hybridized target spot plus a reiteration of the hybridization result ,Selecting the clone Id number open a new window con -taining a cluster report for that clone (Fig.3c).Lastly,the data in the results window can be downloaded to a tab delimited text file by clicking on 'Download List".
To realize the full potential of microarray expression analysis,MultiExperiment viewer was developed.This wed-based tool edables users to query the database across multiple experiments to identify clones that share some pattern of espression across those experiments.For example,one can use this tool to identify genes that are up-regulated or down-regulated across a series of experiments.In addition,the user can track the behaviour of a particular gene or genes of interest by specifying key words from gene descriptions in the 15K set .Analysis results are presented in both a graphical and tabular rormat.Also provided is a download option of the result table to facilitate storage of results for future reference and/or additional analysis.

The MultiExperiment viewer window(Fig.4)provides a control panel for selecting the query criteria,an area to display a dot plot of the query results and a section where the table of quantitative information is displayed.To develop the query,one must first select the experiments from the list in the upper left corner;several filters are also provided which enables the user to ‘fine-tune’the query.The MultiExperiment viewer then queries the database to identify clones exhibiting ratios thar meet the query requirements,returns the ratio for each clone and draws a dot-plot of the results for each experiment selected.This provides a convenient method to identify clones with particularly high or low ratios in an experimental series,such as a time course.There are two ways to visualize the expression pattern shown by an individual clone across the selected set of experiments.The position of the clone is highlighted in the dot plot diagram (Fig.4,red boxes)for each experiment by either clicking on a desired spot in the diagram or by clicking on the ranking number(left column)of a cline with interesting quantitative data.As previously described,additional information about each gene product is readily available in the clone's cluster report (Fig.3c) via the hyperlinked clone ID column.
The comparison of data across multiple experiments requires a way of normalizing ratio results between experiments;to date,
Box 2·public access to expression array data
As large-scale gene expression data accumulates,public data access becomes critical issue.What is the best forum for making the data accessible?Summaries and conclusions of individual experiments will,of course,be published in traditional peerreviewed journals,but electronic access to full data sets is essential.There are three models for data publication:first authors can make data available on their own wed sites (for example,http://cmgm.stanford.edu/pbrown/explore14);second,journals that publish the results of these studies can provide the complete data sets as electronic supplements (this approach fulfills the traditional archival responsibility of the literature);and the third approach is to submit the data to a centralized public data repos itory such as GenBank.The primary disadvantages of the first two models are that data is widely dispersed and lacks uniform structure and retrieval modalities.In addition,the first case is complicated further by an uncertain life span for the data and the second case incurs new expenses for curating and maintaining this data that journals may not wish to bear.Clearly,the successful history of public sequence databases provides an attractive model for the most efficient management of and vonvenient access to large-scale expression data.However,it would be highly dwsirable to arrive at some type of data formast standards that are independent of particular expression technology.this has only been possible by using a single reference state as the source of one of the hybridization probe mixtures for all of the experiments to be compared.For example,such an approach has been used in comparing points along a time course,and in comparing multiple samples of  a particular type of tumour (unpublished observations).In diauxic shift experiments14,the reference sample was cDNA prepared from yeast cells harvested at the first interval after inoculation.Although the use of such a reference comparator alllows ratio comparisons within a series of experiments,there is clearly a need for a more broadly applicable reference standard to serve as a benchmark for all expression experiments .A number of microarray laboratories have given thought to formulating such a standard.An ideal standard would provide modest signals for every human gene,so that expresssion of  any gene in the experimental probe xould be assigned a rdliable ratio value.The standard would also need to be readily and reproducibly generated and easily disseminated.Efforts to produce such a reference standard are underway.
Discussion
Given the great potential of large-scale expression analysis,and biologists'desire to exploit this new technology,we anticipate a deluge of data soon.The acpacity to ask questions and perform analyses across hundreds,thousands,or tens of thousands of experiments should dramatically enhance our ability to identify 'fingerprints'of gene expression that exemplify particular diseases or other biological states.But first we will need to empirically define 'housekeeping' genes,identify reproducible artifacts and detect subtle patterns through the application of powerful statistical analysis techniques.
This potential cannot be fully realized without efficient data management and analysis sysems.ArrayDB provides a first-gener-ation,convenient,flexible and extendable microarray data management and analysis system.Planned future extensions to the ArrayDB include more sophisticated links between the database and external data sources and more powerful data mining capabilinies.Currently,querying multiple databases such as NCBI's PubMed,GenBank,or dbEST databases can assemble a great deal of valuable information,but it can be a tedious and time-consuming process to repeatedly query each database for information on even a small number of genes.However,by fully exploiting the applications programming interfaces in the Entrez system,sophis ticated 'executive summaries' can,in principle,be generated.
Althoug these types of reports can be generated by the thoughtful integration of external data resources,the larger probitself.In the world outside of biological databases,the term'data mining' has been applied to this type of knowledge discovery28,Because of the complexity of the data,data mining tools are essential to fully exploit the power of microarray expression analysis.Data mining tools,similar to mathematical techniques that identify patterns in complex data sets,will enable identification of multiple expression profiles in complex  biological processes.This will provide a means to identify genes that share an expression profile,genes that are expressed in succession,or genes showing opposing expression profiles.For instance,cluster analysis29 of a time course experiment can identify different expression profiles exhibited by groups of genes.We are currently developing a data mining tool for the ArrayDB system to help address this need.
Methods
The microarray relational database management system (ArrayDB) is implemented in sybase®;details of  the schema are available on request.Briefly,the database was designed to store information on hybridization targets(cDNA clones) that may or may not have sequence information available and may or may not be publicly available resources.Particular microarrays consisr of subsets of all potential targets in the database.Data stored for individual experiments include the composition of the array,specific combinations of probes,experimental conditions and  processed images.Further details of image processing are available26.
Interactions between Sybase SQL server and HTTP servers (web browsers) are managed by web.seql 'middleware'(http://www.sybase.com/products/i ... nguages.For example,our ArrayViewer and MultiExperiment viewer are interactive Java applets that use a custom object that is an extension of a publicly available JavaCGIBridge Class developed by G.Birznieks and S.Sol(http://www.gunther.web66.com/JavaCGI/).
Acknowledgements
We thank M.Eisen,P,Brown and J.Hudson for stimulating discussions,We also thank J.Hudson and Research Genetics for re-arraying the 10K/15K clone sets from sets from their original IMAGE cDNA libraries.
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