The properties of high-dimensional data spaces: Implications for exploring gene and protein expression data

Robert Clarke, Habtom W. Ressom, Antai Wang, Jianhua Xuan, Minetta C. Liu, Edmund A. Gehan, Yue Wang

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Abstract

High-throughput genomic and proteomic technologies are widely used in cancer research to build better predictive models of diagnosis, prognosis and therapy, to identify and characterize key signalling networks and to find new targets for drug development. These technologies present investigators with the task of extracting meaningful statistical and biological information from high-dimensional data spaces, wherein each sample is defined by hundreds or thousands of measurements, usually concurrently obtained. The properties of high dimensionality are often poorly understood or overlooked in data modelling and analysis. From the perspective of translational science, this Review discusses the properties of high-dimensional data spaces that arise in genomic and proteomic studies and the challenges they can pose for data analysis and interpretation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)37-49
Number of pages13
JournalNature Reviews Cancer
Volume8
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2008

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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