Functional clustering algorithm for high-dimensional proteomics data.

Abstract

Clustering proteomics data is a challenging problem for any traditional clustering algorithm. Usually, the number of samples is largely smaller than the number of protein peaks. The use of a clustering algorithm which does not take into consideration the number of features of variables (here the number of peaks) is needed. An innovative hierarchical clustering algorithm may be a good approach. We propose here a new dissimilarity measure for the hierarchical clustering combined with a functional data analysis. We present a specific application of functional data analysis (FDA) to a high-throughput proteomics study. The high performance of the proposed algorithm is compared to two popular dissimilarity measures in the clustering of normal and human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1)-infected patients samples.

EDRN PI Authors
Medline Author List
  • Aruna B
  • Bensmail H
  • Haoudi A
  • Semmes OJ
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Appears In
J Biomed Biotechnol, 2005 Jun, volume 2005 (issue 2)