An integrative approach for in silico glioma research

Lee A.D. Cooper, Jun Kong, David A. Gutman, Fusheng Wang, Sharath R. Cholleti, Tony C. Pan, Patrick M. Widener, Ashish Sharma, Tom Mikkelsen, Adam E. Flanders, Daniel L. Rubin, Erwin G. Van Meir, Tahsin M. Kurc, Carlos S. Moreno, Daniel J. Brat, Joel H. Saltz

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Abstract

The integration of imaging and genomic data is critical to forming a better understanding of disease. Large public datasets, such as The Cancer Genome Atlas, present a unique opportunity to integrate these complementary data types for in silico scientific research. In this letter, we focus on the aspect of pathology image analysis and illustrate the challenges associated with analyzing and integrating large-scale image datasets with molecular characterizations. We present an example study of diffuse glioma brain tumors,where themorphometric analysis of 81 million nuclei is integrated with clinically relevant transcriptomic and genomic characterizations of glioblastoma tumors. The preliminary results demonstrate the potential of combining morphometric and molecular characterizations for in silico research.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2617-2621
Number of pages5
JournalIEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
Volume57
Issue number10 PART 2
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2010
Externally publishedYes

Funding

Manuscript received April 15, 2010; revised June 21, 2010; accepted July 8, 2010. Date of publication July 23, 2010; date of current version September 15, 2010. This work was supported by Federal funds from the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH) under Contract HHSN261200800001E, Contract 94995NBS23, Contract N01-CO-12400, and Contract 85983CBS43; by TCGA Contract 29X55193; by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute under Grant R24HL085343; by NIH under Grant U54 CA113001, Grant R01 CA86335, and Grant R01 CA116804; and NIH Public Health Service under Grant UL1 RR025008, Grant KL2 RR025009, or Grant TL1 RR025010 from the Clinical and Translational Science Awards program of National Center for Research Resources; by National Library of Medicine under Grant R01LM009239; and by Biomedical Information Science and Technology Initiative under Grant P20 EB000591. Asterisk indicates corresponding author. *L. A. D. Cooper is with the Center for Comprehensive Informatics, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA, and also with Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA (e-mail: [email protected]).

FundersFunder number
Biomedical Information Science and Technology InitiativeP20 EB000591
NIH Public Health ServiceKL2 RR025009, UL1 RR025008, TL1 RR025010
TCGA29X55193
National Institutes of HealthHHSN261200800001E, 94995NBS23, N01-CO-12400, 85983CBS43
National Heart, Lung, and Blood InstituteR01 CA116804, R24HL085343, R01 CA86335
National Cancer InstituteU54CA113001
U.S. National Library of MedicineR01LM009239
National Center for Research Resources

    Keywords

    • Biology
    • Brain tumor
    • Image analysis
    • In silico
    • Microscopy

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