MACON: a web tool for computing DNA methylation data obtained by the Illumina Infinium Human DNA methylation BeadArray

N Iida, Y Okuda, O Ogasawara, S Yamashita… - …, 2018 - Future Medicine
N Iida, Y Okuda, O Ogasawara, S Yamashita, H Takeshima, T Ushijima
Epigenomics, 2018Future Medicine
Aim: Bioinformatics analysis for Illumina Infinium Human DNA methylation BeadArray is
essential, but still remains difficult task for many experimental researchers. We here aimed to
develop a browser-accessible bioinformatics tool for analyzing the BeadArray data.
Materials & methods: The tool was established as an analytical pipeline using R, Perl and
Python programming languages. Results: We introduced a method that groups neighboring
probes into a genomic block, which facilitated efficient identification of densely methylated …
Aim
Bioinformatics analysis for Illumina Infinium Human DNA methylation BeadArray is essential, but still remains difficult task for many experimental researchers. We here aimed to develop a browser-accessible bioinformatics tool for analyzing the BeadArray data.
Materials & methods
The tool was established as an analytical pipeline using R, Perl and Python programming languages.
Results
We introduced a method that groups neighboring probes into a genomic block, which facilitated efficient identification of densely methylated/unmethylated regions. The tool, MACON, provided probe filtering, β-mixture quantile normalization, grouping into genomic blocks, annotation and production of a data subset.
Conclusion
MACON allows researchers to analyze the BeadArray data using a web browser (http://epigenome.ncc.go.jp/macon).
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