Correlation between mRNAseq expression and clinical features
Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma (Primary solid tumor)
21 April 2013 | analyses__2013_04_21
Maintainer Information
Citation Information
doi:10.7908/C1FT8HZ5
Maintained by Juok Cho (Broad Institute)
Cite as Broad Institute TCGA Genome Data Analysis Center (2013): Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma (Primary solid tumor cohort) - 21 April 2013: Correlation between mRNAseq expression and clinical features. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. doi:10.7908/C1FT8HZ5
Overview
Introduction

This pipeline uses various statistical tests to identify mRNAs whose expression levels correlated to selected clinical features.

Summary

Testing the association between 18258 genes and 9 clinical features across 36 samples, statistically thresholded by Q value < 0.05, 1 clinical feature related to at least one genes.

- 17 genes correlated to 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'.

- MST4|51765 , MTERF|7978 , SGSM3|27352 , ZNF673|55634 , MUL1|79594 , ...

- No genes correlated to 'Time to Death', 'AGE', 'RADIATIONS.RADIATION.REGIMENINDICATION', 'NUMBERPACKYEARSSMOKED', 'TOBACCOSMOKINGHISTORYINDICATOR', 'DISTANT.METASTASIS', 'LYMPH.NODE.METASTASIS', and 'NUMBER.OF.LYMPH.NODES'.

Results
Overview of the results

Complete statistical result table is provided in Supplement Table 1

Table 1. Get Full Table This table shows the clinical features, statistical methods used, and the number of genes that are significantly associated with each clinical feature at Q value < 0.05.

Clinical feature | Statistical test | Significant genes | Associated with |  | Associated with |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Time to Death | Cox regression test | N=0 |  |  |  |
AGE | Spearman correlation test | N=0 |  |  |  |
HISTOLOGICAL TYPE | ANOVA test | N=17 |  |  |  |
RADIATIONS RADIATION REGIMENINDICATION | t test | N=0 |  |  |  |
NUMBERPACKYEARSSMOKED | Spearman correlation test | N=0 |  |  |  |
TOBACCOSMOKINGHISTORYINDICATOR | Spearman correlation test | N=0 |  |  |  |
DISTANT METASTASIS | t test | N=0 |  |  |  |
LYMPH NODE METASTASIS | t test | N=0 |  |  |  |
NUMBER OF LYMPH NODES | Spearman correlation test | N=0 |  |  |  |

Clinical variable #1: 'Time to Death'

No gene related to 'Time to Death'.

Table S1. Basic characteristics of clinical feature: 'Time to Death'

Time to Death | Duration (Months) | 0.1-177 (median=6)
| censored | N = 28
| death | N = 7
| Significant markers | N = 0

Clinical variable #2: 'AGE'

No gene related to 'AGE'.

Table S2. Basic characteristics of clinical feature: 'AGE'

AGE | Mean (SD) | 47.58 (12)
| Significant markers | N = 0

Clinical variable #3: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

17 genes related to 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'.

Table S3. Basic characteristics of clinical feature: 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE | Labels | N
| CERVICAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA | 31
| ENDOCERVICAL TYPE OF ADENOCARCINOMA | 1
| SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA | 4
| Significant markers | N = 17

List of top 10 genes differentially expressed by 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

Table S4. Get Full Table List of top 10 genes differentially expressed by 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'

| ANOVA_P | Q
--- | --- | ---
MST4|51765 | 1.062e-11 | 1.93e-07
MTERF|7978 | 6.414e-11 | 1.17e-06
SGSM3|27352 | 9.901e-10 | 1.8e-05
ZNF673|55634 | 1.961e-09 | 3.57e-05
MUL1|79594 | 2.092e-09 | 3.81e-05
HOXA7|3204 | 6.264e-09 | 0.000114
ANKS4B|257629 | 1.441e-08 | 0.000262
TBX10|347853 | 1.772e-08 | 0.000322
MYBBP1A|10514 | 2.802e-08 | 0.00051
USP10|9100 | 1.179e-07 | 0.00214

Figure S1. Get High-res Image As an example, this figure shows the association of MST4|51765 to 'HISTOLOGICAL.TYPE'. P value = 1.06e-11 with ANOVA analysis.

Clinical variable #4: 'RADIATIONS.RADIATION.REGIMENINDICATION'

No gene related to 'RADIATIONS.RADIATION.REGIMENINDICATION'.

Table S5. Basic characteristics of clinical feature: 'RADIATIONS.RADIATION.REGIMENINDICATION'

RADIATIONS.RADIATION.REGIMENINDICATION | Labels | N
| NO | 13
| YES | 23
| Significant markers | N = 0

Clinical variable #5: 'NUMBERPACKYEARSSMOKED'

No gene related to 'NUMBERPACKYEARSSMOKED'.

Table S6. Basic characteristics of clinical feature: 'NUMBERPACKYEARSSMOKED'

NUMBERPACKYEARSSMOKED | Mean (SD) | 18.8 (11)
| Significant markers | N = 0

Clinical variable #6: 'TOBACCOSMOKINGHISTORYINDICATOR'

No gene related to 'TOBACCOSMOKINGHISTORYINDICATOR'.

Table S7. Basic characteristics of clinical feature: 'TOBACCOSMOKINGHISTORYINDICATOR'

TOBACCOSMOKINGHISTORYINDICATOR | Mean (SD) | 1.91 (1.1)
| Value | N
| 1 | 16
| 2 | 10
| 3 | 1
| 4 | 6
| Significant markers | N = 0

Clinical variable #7: 'DISTANT.METASTASIS'

No gene related to 'DISTANT.METASTASIS'.

Table S8. Basic characteristics of clinical feature: 'DISTANT.METASTASIS'

DISTANT.METASTASIS | Labels | N
| M0 | 23
| MX | 8
| Significant markers | N = 0

Clinical variable #8: 'LYMPH.NODE.METASTASIS'

No gene related to 'LYMPH.NODE.METASTASIS'.

Table S9. Basic characteristics of clinical feature: 'LYMPH.NODE.METASTASIS'

LYMPH.NODE.METASTASIS | Labels | N
| N0 | 20
| N1 | 12
| Significant markers | N = 0

Clinical variable #9: 'NUMBER.OF.LYMPH.NODES'

No gene related to 'NUMBER.OF.LYMPH.NODES'.

Table S10. Basic characteristics of clinical feature: 'NUMBER.OF.LYMPH.NODES'

NUMBER.OF.LYMPH.NODES | Mean (SD) | 0.97 (2.9)
| Value | N
| 0 | 21
| 1 | 7
| 2 | 2
| 4 | 1
| 16 | 1
| Significant markers | N = 0

Methods & Data
Input

- Expresson data file = CESC-TP.uncv2.mRNAseq_RSEM_normalized_log2.txt

- Clinical data file = CESC-TP.clin.merged.picked.txt

- Number of patients = 36

- Number of genes = 18258

- Number of clinical features = 9

Survival analysis

For survival clinical features, Wald's test in univariate Cox regression analysis with proportional hazards model (Andersen and Gill 1982) was used to estimate the P values using the 'coxph' function in R. Kaplan-Meier survival curves were plot using the four quartile subgroups of patients based on expression levels

Correlation analysis

For continuous numerical clinical features, Spearman's rank correlation coefficients (Spearman 1904) and two-tailed P values were estimated using 'cor.test' function in R

ANOVA analysis

For multi-class clinical features (ordinal or nominal), one-way analysis of variance (Howell 2002) was applied to compare the log2-expression levels between different clinical classes using 'anova' function in R

Student's t-test analysis

For two-class clinical features, two-tailed Student's t test with unequal variance (Lehmann and Romano 2005) was applied to compare the log2-expression levels between the two clinical classes using 't.test' function in R

Q value calculation

For multiple hypothesis correction, Q value is the False Discovery Rate (FDR) analogue of the P value (Benjamini and Hochberg 1995), defined as the minimum FDR at which the test may be called significant. We used the 'Benjamini and Hochberg' method of 'p.adjust' function in R to convert P values into Q values.

Download Results

This is an experimental feature. The full results of the analysis summarized in this report can be downloaded from the TCGA Data Coordination Center.

- Analysis Results (MD5 checksum)

- Auxiliary Data (MD5 checksum)

- MAGE-TAB File (MD5 checksum)

References
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[3] Howell, D, Statistical Methods for Psychology. (5th ed.), Duxbury Press:324-5 (2002)
[4] Lehmann and Romano, Testing Statistical Hypotheses (3E ed.), New York: Springer. ISBN 0387988645 (2005)
[5] Benjamini and Hochberg, Controlling the false discovery rate: a practical and powerful approach to multiple testing, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B 59:289-300 (1995)
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