Differential analysis of multiple samples with different time points
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Firas • 0
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Last seen 2.2 years ago
United Kingdom

Hello, 

I have the following samples, with three replicates in each of them: 

Time point Population Genotype1 Genotype2
00h Precursor WT KO
06h Subset A WT KO
18h Subset A WT KO
72h Subset A WT KO
06h Subset B WT KO
18h Subset B WT KO
72h Subset B WT KO

My biological setup:

  • I started with 2 samples of Precursor (considered also as 00h): KO or WT. 
  • Then differentiated them under two different conditions (Subset A and Subset B).
  • The samples at different time points are collected from separated wells.

What I would like to analyse:

  • the effect of WT vs KO across all samples
  • taking the WT alone, the effects of Subset A vs Subset B
  • taking the WT alone, the effects of Precursor vs Subset A or Subset B  

I would like to get some help on how to set up contrasts for this experiment. 

Many thanks

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Rory Stark ★ 5.2k
@rory-stark-5741
Last seen 13 days ago
Cambridge, UK

If you want to track the differences across time between two groups in a single comparison, DiffBind is not really set up to do that. You'd need to use one of the underlying analysis methods, like DESeq2, directly. There are a number of threads discussing how to set up time series analyses in DESeq2

There are several things you can do in DiffBind, provided you set up the metadata in a useful way.For example, if you set:

  • DBA_TISSUE to be Precursor, SubsetA, or SubsetB
  • DBA_CONDITION to be WT or KO (you can rename it Genotype for display purposes)
  • DBA_TREATMENT to be T00, T06, T18, or T72 (you can rename it Timepoint for display purposes)
  • DBA_REPLICATE to be 1, 2, or 3

then you can compare:

  • Overall differences between WT and KO, across all time points but independent of genotype:
dba.contrast(myDBA, group1=myDBA$masks$WT, group2=myDBA$masks$KO, 
                    block=DBA_TISSUE)
  • Overall differences between WT and KO, across either genotype but independent of time:
dba.contrast(myDBA, group1=myDBA$masks$WT, group2=myDBA$masks$KO, 
                    block=DBA_TREATMENT)
  • Differences between Genotypes A and B in WT, independent of time point:
dba.contrast(myDBA, group1=myDBA$masks$WT&myDBA$masks$SubsetA, 
                    group2=myDBA$masks$WT&myDBA$masks$SubsetB,
                    block=DBA_TREATMENT)
  • Differences between Genotypes A and B in WT at a specific timepoint:
dba.contrast(myDBA, group1=myDBA$masks$WT&myDBA$masks$SubsetA&myDBA$masks$T18,
                    group2=myDBA$masks$WT&myDBA$masks$SubsetB&myDBA$masks$T18)
  • Differences between Precursor and each of the Genotypes in WT, independent of time point:
dba.contrast(myDBA, group1=myDBA$masks$WT&myDBA$masks$Precursor, 
                    group2=myDBA$masks$WT&myDBA$masks$SubsetA,
                    block=DBA_TREATMENT)
dba.contrast(myDBA, group1=myDBA$masks$WT&myDBA$masks$Precursor, 
                    group2=myDBA$masks$WT&myDBA$masks$SubsetB,
                    block=DBA_TREATMENT)
  • And at a specific timepoint:
dba.contrast(myDBA, group1=myDBA$masks$WT&myDBA$masks$Precursor&
                           myDBA$masks$T18,
                    group2=myDBA$masks$WT&myDBA$masks$SubsetA&
                           myDBA$masks$T18)
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Thank you very much, Rory, for your swift reply. 

This is exactly what I want. Best wishes, Firas

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