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Publication Date

8-3-2022

Journal

ELife

DOI

10.7554/eLife.78634

PMID

35921131

PMCID

PMC9348845

PubMedCentral® Posted Date

8-3-2022

PubMedCentral® Full Text Version

Post-print

Abstract

The median-effect equation has been widely used to describe the dose-response relationship and identify compounds that activate or inhibit specific disease targets in contemporary drug discovery. However, the experimental data often contain extreme responses, which may significantly impair the estimation accuracy and impede valid quantitative assessment in the standard estimation procedure. To improve the quantitative estimation of the dose-response relationship, we introduce a novel approach based on robust beta regression. Substantive simulation studies under various scenarios demonstrate solid evidence that the proposed approach consistently provides robust estimation for the median-effect equation, particularly when there are extreme outcome observations. Moreover, simulation studies illustrate that the proposed approach also provides a narrower confidence interval, suggesting a higher power in statistical testing. Finally, to efficiently and conveniently perform common lab data analyses, we develop a freely accessible web-based analytic tool to facilitate the quantitative implementation of the proposed approach for the scientific community.

Keywords

Computer Simulation, Shiny, cancer biology, dose-response, drug potency, none, quantitative tool, robust estimation, software

Published Open-Access

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