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HarmonizR enables data harmonization across independent proteomic datasets with appropriate handling of missing values

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  • Hannah Voß

    (University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE))

  • Simon Schlumbohm

    (Helmut Schmidt University
    University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf)

  • Philip Barwikowski

    (University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE))

  • Marcus Wurlitzer

    (University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf)

  • Matthias Dottermusch

    (University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
    University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf)

  • Philipp Neumann

    (Helmut Schmidt University)

  • Hartmut Schlüter

    (University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE))

  • Julia E. Neumann

    (University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
    University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf)

  • Christoph Krisp

    (University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE))

Abstract

Dataset integration is common practice to overcome limitations in statistically underpowered omics datasets. Proteome datasets display high technical variability and frequent missing values. Sophisticated strategies for batch effect reduction are lacking or rely on error-prone data imputation. Here we introduce HarmonizR, a data harmonization tool with appropriate missing value handling. The method exploits the structure of available data and matrix dissection for minimal data loss, without data imputation. This strategy implements two common batch effect reduction methods—ComBat and limma (removeBatchEffect()). The HarmonizR strategy, evaluated on four exemplarily analyzed datasets with up to 23 batches, demonstrated successful data harmonization for different tissue preservation techniques, LC-MS/MS instrumentation setups, and quantification approaches. Compared to data imputation methods, HarmonizR was more efficient and performed superior regarding the detection of significant proteins. HarmonizR is an efficient tool for missing data tolerant experimental variance reduction and is easily adjustable for individual dataset properties and user preferences.

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  • Hannah Voß & Simon Schlumbohm & Philip Barwikowski & Marcus Wurlitzer & Matthias Dottermusch & Philipp Neumann & Hartmut Schlüter & Julia E. Neumann & Christoph Krisp, 2022. "HarmonizR enables data harmonization across independent proteomic datasets with appropriate handling of missing values," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-15, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-31007-x
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-31007-x
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