Annemarie Poustka

Modeling ERBB receptor-regulated G1/S transition to find novel targets for de novotrastuzumab resistance (2009)

Sahin, Özgür, Fröhlich, Holger, Löbke, Christian, Korf, Ulrike, Burmester, Sara, Majety, Meher, ...

Abstract Background In breast cancer, overexpression of the transmembrane tyrosine kinase ERBB2 is an adverse prognostic marker, and occurs in almost 30% of the patients. For therapeutic...

Letter Identification and Classification of Differentially Expressed Genes in Renal Cell Carcinoma by Expression Profiling on a Global Human 31,500-Element cDNA Array (2008)

Judith M. Boer, Wolfgang K. Huber, Holger Sültmann, Friederike Wilmer, Anja Von Heydebreck, Stefan Haas, ...

We investigated the changes in gene expression accompanying the development and progression of kidney cancer by use of 31,500-element complementary DNA arrays. We measured expression profiles for...

Analysis (A. Poustka) DKFZ Heidelberg Acknowledgements (2008)

Wolfgang Huber, Anja Von Heydebreck, Günther Sawitzki, Holger Sültmann, Klaus Steiner, Markus Vogt, ...

First analysis steps o quality control and optimization o calibration and error modeling o data transformations

Automated production of recombinant human proteins as resource for proteome research (2008)

Kohl, Thorsten, Schmidt, Christian, Wiemann, Stefan, Poustka, Annemarie, Korf, Ulrike

Abstract Background An arbitrary set of 96 human proteins was selected and tested to set-up a fully automated protein production strategy, covering all steps from DNA preparation to protein...

Extending pathways based on gene lists using InterPro domain signatures (2008)

Hahne, Florian, Mehrle, Alexander, Arlt, Dorit, Poustka, Annemarie, Wiemann, Stefan, Beissbarth, Tim

Abstract Background High-throughput technologies like functional screens and gene expression analysis produce extended lists of candidate genes. Gene-Set Enrichment Analysis is a commonly used and...

DMBT1 confers mucosal protection in vivo and a deletion variant is associated with Crohn's disease (2007)

Renner, Marcus, Bergmann, Gaby, Krebs, Inge, End, Caroline, Lyer, Stefan, Hilberg, Frank, ...

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Impaired mucosal defense plays an important role in the pathogenesis of Crohn's disease (CD), one of the main subtypes of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Deleted in malignant...

The full-ORF clone resource of the German cDNA Consortium (2007)

Bechtel, Stephanie, Rosenfelder, Heiko, Duda, Anny, Schmidt, Christian, Ernst, Ute, Wellenreuther, Ruth, ...

Abstract Background With the completion of the human genome sequence the functional analysis and characterization of the encoded proteins has become the next urging challenge in the post-genome era....

Large scale statistical inference of signaling pathways from RNAi and microarray data (2007)

Froehlich, Holger, Fellmann, Mark, Sueltmann, Holger, Poustka, Annemarie, Beissbarth, Tim

Abstract Background The advent of RNA interference techniques enables the selective silencing of biologically interesting genes in an efficient way. In combination with DNA microarray technology this...

Deleted in Malignant Brain Tumors 1 (DMBT1) is present in hyaline membranes and modulates surface tension of surfactant (2007)

Müller, Hanna, End, Caroline, Renner, Marcus, Helmke, Burkhard M, Gassler, Nikolaus, Weiss, Christel, ...

Abstract Background Deleted in Malignant Brain Tumors 1 (DMBT1) is a secreted scavenger receptor cysteine-rich protein that binds various bacteria and is thought to participate in innate pulmonary...

GOSim – an R-package for computation of information theoretic GO similarities between terms and gene products (2007)

Fröhlich, Holger, Speer, Nora, Poustka, Annemarie, Beißbarth, Tim

Abstract Background With the increased availability of high throughput data, such as DNA microarray data, researchers are capable of producing large amounts of biological data. During the analysis of...

BMC Genomics Methodology article The full-ORF clone resource of the German cDNA Consortium (2007)

Stephanie Bechtel, Heiko Rosenfelder, Anny Duda, Christian Peter Schmidt, Ute Ernst, Ruth Wellenreuther, ...

© 2007 Bechtel et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License

CAFTAN: a tool for fast mapping, and quality assessment of cDNAs (2006)

Del Val, Coral, Kuryshev, Vladimir, Glatting, Karl-Heinz, Ernst, Peter, Hotz-Wagenblatt, Agnes, Poustka, Annemarie, ...

Abstract Background The German cDNA Consortium has been cloning full length cDNAs and continued with their exploitation in protein localization experiments and cellular assays. However, the efficient...

Statistical methods and software for the analysis of highthroughput reverse genetic assays using flow cytometry readouts (2006)

Hahne, Florian, Arlt, Dorit, Sauermann, Mamatha, Majety, Meher, Poustka, Annemarie, Wiemann, Stefan, ...

Abstract Highthroughput cell-based assays with flow cytometric readout provide a powerful technique for identifying components of biologic pathways and their interactors. Interpretation of these...

The 3of5 web application for complex and comprehensive pattern matching in protein sequences (2006)

Seiler, Markus, Mehrle, Alexander, Poustka, Annemarie, Wiemann, Stefan

Abstract Background The identification of patterns in biological sequences is a key challenge in genome analysis and in proteomics. Frequently such patterns are complex and highly variable,...

The systematic functional characterisation of Xq28 genes prioritises candidate disease genes (2006)

Kolb-Kokocinski, Anja, Mehrle, Alexander, Bechtel, Stephanie, Simpson, Jeremy C, Kioschis, Petra, Wiemann, Stefan, ...

Abstract Background Well known for its gene density and the large number of mapped diseases, the human sub-chromosomal region Xq28 has long been a focus of genome research. Over 40 of approximately...

GO (2006)

Bmc Bioinformatics, Holger Fröhlich, Nora Speer, Annemarie Poustka, Tim Beißbarth, Biomed Central, ...

Software GOSim – an R-package for computation of information theoretic

BioMed Central (2006)

Bmc Bioinformatics, Coral Del Val, Vladimir Yurjevich Kuryshev, Karl-heinz Glatting, Peter Ernst, Agnes Hotz-wagenblatt, ...

Software CAFTAN: a tool for fast mapping, and quality assessment of cDNAs

Alternative pre-mRNA processing regulates cell-type specific expression of the IL4l1and NUP62genes (2005)

Wiemann, Stefan, Kolb-Kokocinski, Anja, Poustka, Annemarie

Abstract Background Given the complexity of higher organisms, the number of genes encoded by their genomes is surprisingly small. Tissue specific regulation of expression and splicing are major...

Gene Expression in Kidney Cancer Is Associated with Cytogenetic Abnormalities, Metastasis Formation, and Patient Survival (2005)

Sueltmann, Holger, Von Heydebreck, Anja, Huber, Wolfgang, Kuner, Ruprecht, Buness, Andreas, Vogt, Markus, ...

Current diagnosis of renal cancer consists of histopathologic examination of tissue sections and classification into tumor stages and grades of malignancy. Until recently, molecular differences...

arrayMagic: twocolour cDNA microarray quality control and preprocessing (2005)

Andreas Buness, Wolfgang Huber, Klaus Steiner, Holger Sültmann, Annemarie Poustka

Summary: arrayMagic is a software package for quality control and preprocessing of two-colour cDNA microarray data. The automated analysis pipeline comprises data import, normalization, replica...

A Compendium to Ensure Computational Reproducibility in High-Dimensional Classification Tasks (2004)

Ruschhaupt, Markus, Huber, Wolfgang, Poustka, Annemarie, Mansmann, Ulrich

We demonstrate a concept and implementation of a compendium for the classification of high-dimensional data from microarray gene expression profiles. A compendium is an interactive document that...

A Compendium to Ensure Computational Reproducibility in High-Dimensional Classification Tasks (2004)

Ruschhaupt, Markus, Huber, Wolfgang, Poustka, Annemarie, Mansmann, Ulrich

We demonstrate a concept and implementation of a compendium for the classification of high-dimensional data from microarray gene expression profiles. A compendium is an interactive document that...

A Compendium to Ensure Computational Reproducibility in High-Dimensional Classification Tasks (2004)

Ruschhaupt, Markus, Huber, Wolfgang, Poustka, Annemarie, Mansmann, Ulrich

We demonstrate a concept and implementation of a compendium for the classification of high-dimensional data from microarray gene expression profiles. A compendium is an interactive document that...

A Compendium to Ensure Computational Reproducibility in High-Dimensional Classification Tasks (2004)

Ruschhaupt, Markus, Huber, Wolfgang, Poustka, Annemarie, Mansmann, Ulrich

We demonstrate a concept and implementation of a compendium for the classification of high-dimensional data from microarray gene expression profiles. A compendium is an interactive document that...

SMART amplification combined with cDNA size fractionation in order to obtain large full-length clones (2004)

Wellenreuther, Ruth, Schupp, Ingo, Poustka, Annemarie, Wiemann, Stefan

Abstract Background cDNA libraries are widely used to identify genes and splice variants, and as a physical resource for full-length clones. Conventionally-generated cDNA libraries contain a high...

Integrative Annotation of 21,037 Human Genes Validated by Full-Length cDNA Clones (2004)

Tadashi Imanishi, Takeshi Itoh, Yutaka Suzuki, Claire O'Donovan, Satoshi Fukuchi, Kanako O. Koyanagi, ...

An international team has systematically validated and annotated just over 21,000 human genes using full-length cDNA, thereby providing a valuable new resource for the human genetics community.

Integrative Annotation of 21,037 Human Genes Validated by Full-Length cDNA Clones (2004)

Tadashi Imanishi, Takeshi Itoh, Yutaka Suzuki, Claire O'Donovan, Satoshi Fukuchi, Kanako O. Koyanagi, ...

The human genome sequence defines our inherent biological potential; the realization of the biology encoded therein requires knowledge of the function of each gene. Currently, our knowledge in this...

Systematic analysis of T7 RNA polymerase based in vitrolinear RNA amplification for use in microarray experiments (2004)

Schneider, Jörg, Buneß, Andreas, Huber, Wolfgang, Volz, Joachim, Kioschis, Petra, Hafner, Mathias, ...

Abstract Background The requirement of a large amount of high-quality RNA is a major limiting factor for microarray experiments using biopsies. An average microarray experiment requires 10–100 μg...

Thioredoxin, a regulator of gene expression (2004)

Kontou,Maria, Will,Rainer D., Adelfalk,Caroline, Wittig,Rainer, Poustka,Annemarie, Hirsch-Kauffmann,Monica, ...

Cancer cells have high levels of thioredoxin (Trx) and of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH). Cells from patients with the cancer-prone disease Fanconi anemia (FA) exhibit reduced Trx...

Thioredoxin, a regulator of gene expression (2004)

Kontou, Maria, Will, Rainer D., Adelfalk, Caroline, Wittig, Rainer, Poustka, Annemarie, Hirsch-Kauffmann, Monica, ...

Cancer cells have high levels of thioredoxin (Trx) and of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH). Cells from patients with the cancer-prone disease Fanconi anemia (FA) exhibit reduced Trx...

Parameter estimation for the calibration and variance stabilization of microarray data (2003)

Huber,Wolfgang, Von Heydebreck,Anja, Sültmann,Holger, Poustka,Annemarie, Vingron,Martin

We derive and validate an estimator for the parameters of a transformation for the joint calibration (normalization) and variance stabilization of microarray intensity data. With this, the variances...

Parameter estimation for the calibration and variance stabilization of microarray data (2003)

Huber, Wolfgang, Von Heydebreck, Anja, Sueltmann, Holger, Poustka, Annemarie, Vingron, Martin

We derive and validate an estimator for the parameters of a transformation for the joint calibration (normalization) and variance stabilization of microarray intensity data. With this, the variances...

Parameter estimation for the calibration and variance stabilization of microarray data (2003)

Huber, Wolfgang, Von Heydebreck, Anja, Sueltmann, Holger, Poustka, Annemarie, Vingron, Martin

We derive and validate an estimator for the parameters of a transformation for the joint calibration (normalization) and variance stabilization of microarray intensity data. With this, the variances...

Parameter estimation for the calibration and variance stabilization of microarray data (2003)

Huber, Wolfgang, Von Heydebreck, Anja, Sueltmann, Holger, Poustka, Annemarie, Vingron, Martin

We derive and validate an estimator for the parameters of a transformation for the joint calibration (normalization) and variance stabilization of microarray intensity data. With this, the variances...

Parameter estimation for the calibration and variance stabilization of microarray data (2003)

Huber, Wolfgang, Von Heydebreck, Anja, Sueltmann, Holger, Poustka, Annemarie, Vingron, Martin

We derive and validate an estimator for the parameters of a transformation for the joint calibration (normalization) and variance stabilization of microarray intensity data. With this, the variances...

Parameter estimation for the calibration and variance stabilization of microarray data (2003)

Huber, Wolfgang, Von Heydebreck, Anja, Sültmann, Holger, Poustka, Annemarie, Vingron, Martin

We derive and validate an estimator for the parameters of a transformation for the joint calibration (normalization) and variance stabilization of microarray intensity data. With this, the variances...

Variance stabilization applied to microarray data calibration and to the quantification of differential expression (2002)

Huber,Wolfgang, Von Heydebreck,Anja, Sültmann,Holger, Poustka,Annemarie, Vingron,Martin

We introduce a statistical model for microarray gene expression data that comprises data calibration, the quantification of differential expression, and the quantification of measurement error. In...

Variance stabilization applied to microarray data calibration and to the quantification of differential expression (2002)

Huber, Wolfgang, Von Heydebreck, Anja, Sültmann, Holger, Poustka, Annemarie, Vingron, Martin

We introduce a statistical model for microarray gene expression data that comprises data calibration, the quantification of differential expression, and the quantification of measurement error. In...

Deleted in Malignant Brain Tumors 1 is a versatile mucin-like molecule likely to play a differential role in digestive tract cancer (2001)

Mollenhauer, Jan, Herbertz, Stephan, Helmke, Burkhard, Kollender, Gaby, Krebs, Inge, Madsen, Jens, ...

Deleted in Malignant Brain Tumors 1 (DMBT1) has been proposed as a candidate tumor suppressor gene for brain, lung, and digestive tract cancer. In particular, alterations of the gene and/or a loss of...

The fragile X syndrome : from phenotype to gene / (1993)

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Cloning of gp-340, a putative opsonin receptor for lung surfactant protein D

Holmskov, Uffe, Mollenhauer, Jan, Madsen, Jens, Vitved, Lars, Grønlund, Jørn, Tornøe, Ida, ...

Surfactant protein D (SP-D) is an oligomeric C type lectin that promotes phagocytosis by binding to microbial surface carbohydrates. A 340-kDa glycoprotein (gp-340) has been shown to bind SP-D in the...

Toward a Catalog of Human Genes and Proteins: Sequencing and Analysis of 500 Novel Complete Protein Coding Human cDNAs

Wiemann, Stefan, Weil, Bernd, Wellenreuther, Ruth, Gassenhuber, Johannes, Glassl, Sabine, Ansorge, Wilhelm, ...

With the complete human genomic sequence being unraveled, the focus will shift to gene identification and to the functional analysis of gene products. The generation of a set of cDNAs, both sequences...

Identification and Classification of Differentially Expressed Genes in Renal Cell Carcinoma by Expression Profiling on a Global Human 31,500-Element cDNA Array

Boer, Judith M., Huber, Wolfgang K., Sültmann, Holger, Wilmer, Friederike, Von Heydebreck, Anja, Haas, Stefan, ...

We investigated the changes in gene expression accompanying the development and progression of kidney cancer by use of 31,500-element complementary DNA arrays. We measured expression profiles for...

LIFEdb: a database for functional genomics experiments integrating information from external sources, and serving as a sample tracking system

Bannasch, Detlev, Mehrle, Alexander, Glatting, Karl-Heinz, Pepperkok, Rainer, Poustka, Annemarie, Wiemann, Stefan

We have implemented LIFEdb (http://www.dkfz.de/LIFEdb) to link information regarding novel human full-length cDNAs generated and sequenced by the German cDNA Consortium with functional information on...

High-throughput protein analysis integrating bioinformatics and experimental assays

Del Val, Coral, Mehrle, Alexander, Falkenhahn, Mechthild, Seiler, Markus, Glatting, Karl-Heinz, Poustka, Annemarie, ...

The wealth of transcript information that has been made publicly available in recent years requires the development of high-throughput functional genomics and proteomics approaches for its analysis....

Integrative Annotation of 21,037 Human Genes Validated by Full-Length cDNA Clones

Imanishi, Tadashi, Itoh, Takeshi, Suzuki, Yutaka, O'Donovan, Claire, Fukuchi, Satoshi, Koyanagi, Kanako O, ...

The human genome sequence defines our inherent biological potential; the realization of the biology encoded therein requires knowledge of the function of each gene. Currently, our knowledge in this...

High-Content Screening Microscopy Identifies Novel Proteins With a Putative Role in Secretory Membrane Traffic

Starkuviene, Vytaute, Liebel, Urban, Simpson, Jeremy C., Erfle, Holger, Poustka, Annemarie, Wiemann, Stefan, ...

Here we describe the establishment of microscope-based functional screening assays in intact cells that allow us to systematically identify new proteins involved in secretory membrane traffic, and...

From ORFeome to Biology: A Functional Genomics Pipeline

Wiemann, Stefan, Arlt, Dorit, Huber, Wolfgang, Wellenreuther, Ruth, Schleeger, Simone, Mehrle, Alexander, ...

As several model genomes have been sequenced, the elucidation of protein function is the next challenge toward the understanding of biological processes in health and disease. We have generated a...

γ-BAR, a novel AP-1-interacting protein involved in post-Golgi trafficking

Neubrand, Veronika E, Will, Rainer D, Möbius, Wiebke, Poustka, Annemarie, Wiemann, Stefan, Schu, Peter, ...

A novel peripheral membrane protein (2c18) that interacts directly with the gamma ‘ear' domain of the adaptor protein complex 1 (AP-1) in vitro and in vivo is described. Ultrastructural analysis...

Systematic subcellular localization of novel proteins identified by large-scale cDNA sequencing

Simpson, Jeremy C., Wellenreuther, Ruth, Poustka, Annemarie, Pepperkok, Rainer, Wiemann, Stefan

As a first step towards a more comprehensive functional characterization of cDNAs than bioinformatic analysis, which can only make functional predictions for about half of the cDNAs sequenced, we...

The LIFEdb database in 2006

Mehrle, Alexander, Rosenfelder, Heiko, Schupp, Ingo, Del Val, Coral, Arlt, Dorit, Hahne, Florian, ...

LIFEdb () integrates data from large-scale functional genomics assays and manual cDNA annotation with bioinformatics gene expression and protein analysis. New features of LIFEdb include (i) an...

A microdeletion of less than 250 kb, including the proximal part of the FMR-1 gene and the fragile-X site, in a male with the clinical phenotype of fragile-X syndrome

Wöhrle, Doris, Kotzot, Dieter, Hirst, Mark C., Manca, Antonella, Korn, Bernhard, Schmidt, Angela, ...

A gene designated “FMR-1” has been isolated at the fragile-X locus. One exon of this gene is carried on a 5.1-kb EcoRI fragment that exhibits length variation in fragile-X patients because of...

Cloning of gp-340, a putative opsonin receptor for lung surfactant protein D

Holmskov, Uffe, Mollenhauer, Jan, Madsen, Jens, Vitved, Lars, Grønlund, Jørn, Tornøe, Ida, ...

Surfactant protein D (SP-D) is an oligomeric C type lectin that promotes phagocytosis by binding to microbial surface carbohydrates. A 340-kDa glycoprotein (gp-340) has been shown to bind SP-D in the...

Toward a Catalog of Human Genes and Proteins: Sequencing and Analysis of 500 Novel Complete Protein Coding Human cDNAs

Wiemann, Stefan, Weil, Bernd, Wellenreuther, Ruth, Gassenhuber, Johannes, Glassl, Sabine, Ansorge, Wilhelm, ...

With the complete human genomic sequence being unraveled, the focus will shift to gene identification and to the functional analysis of gene products. The generation of a set of cDNAs, both sequences...

Identification and Classification of Differentially Expressed Genes in Renal Cell Carcinoma by Expression Profiling on a Global Human 31,500-Element cDNA Array

Boer, Judith M., Huber, Wolfgang K., Sültmann, Holger, Wilmer, Friederike, Von Heydebreck, Anja, Haas, Stefan, ...

We investigated the changes in gene expression accompanying the development and progression of kidney cancer by use of 31,500-element complementary DNA arrays. We measured expression profiles for...

LIFEdb: a database for functional genomics experiments integrating information from external sources, and serving as a sample tracking system

Bannasch, Detlev, Mehrle, Alexander, Glatting, Karl-Heinz, Pepperkok, Rainer, Poustka, Annemarie, Wiemann, Stefan

We have implemented LIFEdb (http://www.dkfz.de/LIFEdb) to link information regarding novel human full-length cDNAs generated and sequenced by the German cDNA Consortium with functional information on...

High-throughput protein analysis integrating bioinformatics and experimental assays

Del Val, Coral, Mehrle, Alexander, Falkenhahn, Mechthild, Seiler, Markus, Glatting, Karl-Heinz, Poustka, Annemarie, ...

The wealth of transcript information that has been made publicly available in recent years requires the development of high-throughput functional genomics and proteomics approaches for its analysis....

A Mutation Hot Spot for Nonspecific X-Linked Mental Retardation in the MECP2 Gene Causes the PPM-X Syndrome

Klauck, Sabine M., Lindsay, Susan, Beyer, Kim S., Splitt, Miranda, Burn, John, Poustka, Annemarie

We report here the genetic cause of the X-linked syndrome of psychosis, pyramidal signs, and macro-orchidism (PPM-X) in a three-generation family manifesting the disorder as a mutation in the...

Integrative Annotation of 21,037 Human Genes Validated by Full-Length cDNA Clones

Imanishi, Tadashi, Itoh, Takeshi, Suzuki, Yutaka, O'Donovan, Claire, Fukuchi, Satoshi, Koyanagi, Kanako O, ...

The human genome sequence defines our inherent biological potential; the realization of the biology encoded therein requires knowledge of the function of each gene. Currently, our knowledge in this...

High-Content Screening Microscopy Identifies Novel Proteins With a Putative Role in Secretory Membrane Traffic

Starkuviene, Vytaute, Liebel, Urban, Simpson, Jeremy C., Erfle, Holger, Poustka, Annemarie, Wiemann, Stefan, ...

Here we describe the establishment of microscope-based functional screening assays in intact cells that allow us to systematically identify new proteins involved in secretory membrane traffic, and...

From ORFeome to Biology: A Functional Genomics Pipeline

Wiemann, Stefan, Arlt, Dorit, Huber, Wolfgang, Wellenreuther, Ruth, Schleeger, Simone, Mehrle, Alexander, ...

As several model genomes have been sequenced, the elucidation of protein function is the next challenge toward the understanding of biological processes in health and disease. We have generated a...

γ-BAR, a novel AP-1-interacting protein involved in post-Golgi trafficking

Neubrand, Veronika E, Will, Rainer D, Möbius, Wiebke, Poustka, Annemarie, Wiemann, Stefan, Schu, Peter, ...

A novel peripheral membrane protein (2c18) that interacts directly with the gamma ‘ear' domain of the adaptor protein complex 1 (AP-1) in vitro and in vivo is described. Ultrastructural analysis...

Systematic subcellular localization of novel proteins identified by large-scale cDNA sequencing

Simpson, Jeremy C., Wellenreuther, Ruth, Poustka, Annemarie, Pepperkok, Rainer, Wiemann, Stefan

As a first step towards a more comprehensive functional characterization of cDNAs than bioinformatic analysis, which can only make functional predictions for about half of the cDNAs sequenced, we...

The LIFEdb database in 2006

Mehrle, Alexander, Rosenfelder, Heiko, Schupp, Ingo, Del Val, Coral, Arlt, Dorit, Hahne, Florian, ...

LIFEdb () integrates data from large-scale functional genomics assays and manual cDNA annotation with bioinformatics gene expression and protein analysis. New features of LIFEdb include (i) an...

A microdeletion of less than 250 kb, including the proximal part of the FMR-1 gene and the fragile-X site, in a male with the clinical phenotype of fragile-X syndrome

Wöhrle, Doris, Kotzot, Dieter, Hirst, Mark C., Manca, Antonella, Korn, Bernhard, Schmidt, Angela, ...

A gene designated “FMR-1” has been isolated at the fragile-X locus. One exon of this gene is carried on a 5.1-kb EcoRI fragment that exhibits length variation in fragile-X patients because of...

Combinatorial RNAi for quantitative protein network analysis

Sahin, Özgür, Löbke, Christian, Korf, Ulrike, Appelhans, Heribert, Sültmann, Holger, Poustka, Annemarie, ...

The elucidation of cross-talk events between intersecting signaling pathways is one main challenge in biological research. The complexity of protein networks, composed of different pathways, requires...

Genetic Mapping in Mice Identifies DMBT1 as a Candidate Modifier of Mammary Tumors and Breast Cancer Risk

Blackburn, Anneke C., Hill, Linda Z., Roberts, Amy L., Wang, Jun, Aud, Dee, Jung, Jimmy, ...

Low-penetrance breast cancer susceptibility alleles seem to play a significant role in breast cancer risk but are difficult to identify in human cohorts. A genetic screen of 176 N2 backcross progeny...

A Compendium to Ensure Computational Reproducibility in High-Dimensional Classification Tasks

Markus Ruschhaupt, Wolfgang Huber, Annemarie Poustka, Ulrich Mansmann

We demonstrate a concept and implementation of a compendium for the classification of high-dimensional data from microarray gene expression profiles. A compendium is an interactive document that...

Parameter estimation for the calibration and variance stabilization of microarray data

Wolfgang Huber, Anja Von Heydebreck, Holger Sueltmann, Annemarie Poustka, Martin Vingron

We derive and validate an estimator for the parameters of a transformation for the joint calibration (normalization) and variance stabilization of microarray intensity data. With this, the variances...

Predicting pathway membership via domain signatures

Fröhlich, Holger, Fellmann, Mark, Sültmann, Holger, Poustka, Annemarie, Beißbarth, Tim

Motivation: Functional characterization of genes is of great importance for the understanding of complex cellular processes. Valuable information for this purpose can be obtained from pathway...

Estimating large-scale signaling networks through nested effect models with intervention effects from microarray data

Fröhlich, Holger, Fellmann, Mark, Sültmann, Holger, Poustka, Annemarie, Beissbarth, Tim

Motivation: Targeted interventions using RNA interference in combination with the measurement of secondary effects with DNA microarrays can be used to computationally reverse engineer features of...