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However, there is no method that comprehensively addresses mixture analysis in the context of differential expression without relying on additional proportion information, which can be inaccurate and is frequently unavailable.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Results: In this study, we consider a clinically relevant situation where neither accurate proportion estimates nor pure cell expression is of direct interest, but where we are rather interested in detecting and interpreting relevant differential expression in mixture samples. We develop a method, Cell-type COmputational Differential Estimation (CellCODE), that addresses the specific statistical question directly, without requiring a physical model for mixture components. Our approach is based on latent variable analysis and is computationally transparent; it requires no additional experimental data, yet outperforms existing methods that use independent proportion measurements. CellCODE has few parameters that are robust and easy to interpret. The method can be used to track changes in proportion, improve power to detect differential expression and assign the differentially expressed genes to the correct cell type.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Availability and implementation: The CellCODE R package can be downloaded at http:\/\/www.pitt.edu\/\u223cmchikina\/CellCODE\/ or installed from the GitHub repository \u2018mchikina\/CellCODE\u2019.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Contact: \u00a0mchikina@pitt.edu<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Supplementary information: \u00a0Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/bioinformatics\/btv015","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,1,13]],"date-time":"2015-01-13T01:15:54Z","timestamp":1421111754000},"page":"1584-1591","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":108,"title":["CellCODE: a robust latent variable approach to differential expression analysis for heterogeneous cell populations"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"31","author":[{"given":"Maria","family":"Chikina","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"1 Department of Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, USA and 2Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA"}]},{"given":"Elena","family":"Zaslavsky","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"1 Department of Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, USA and 2Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA"}]},{"given":"Stuart C.","family":"Sealfon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"1 Department of Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, USA and 2Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,1,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"2023020115461495800_btv015-B1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e6098","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0006098","article-title":"Deconvolution of blood microarray data identifies cellular activation patterns in systemic lupus erythematosus","volume":"4","author":"Abbas","year":"2009","journal-title":"PLoS One"},{"key":"2023020115461495800_btv015-B2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"193","DOI":"10.1186\/1471-2164-14-193","article-title":"Dynamic regulation of epigenomic landscapes during hematopoiesis","volume":"14","author":"Abraham","year":"2013","journal-title":"BMC Genomics"},{"key":"2023020115461495800_btv015-B3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e46705","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0046705","article-title":"Heterogeneity in white blood cells has potential to confound DNA methylation measurements","volume":"7","author":"Adalsteinsson","year":"2012","journal-title":"PLoS One"},{"key":"2023020115461495800_btv015-B4","first-page":"15","article-title":"Validation of the Coulter LH 750 in a hospital reference laboratory","volume":"9","author":"Aulesa","year":"2003","journal-title":"Lab. 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