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[[Category:RAREMETAL]]
== Useful Wiki Pages ==
* Git hub page: https://github.com/statgen/Raremetal
* The [[RAREMETAL_Change_Log | Change Log]]
* The [[RAREMETAL|RAREMETAL Home Page]]
* The [[RAREMETAL_DOWNLOAD_%26_BUILD | DOWNLOAD page]]
* The [[Tutorial:_RAREMETAL|RAREMETAL Quick Start Tutorial]]
* The [[Tutorial:_RAREMETAL|RAREMETAL Quick Start Tutorial]]
* The [[RAREMETAL METHOD]]
* The [[RAREMETAL FAQ]]
* The [[RAREMETAL FAQ]]
The [http://genome.sph.umich.edu/wiki/Rvtests '''rvtests'''] tool for rare-variant association analysis can also generate output compatible with RAREMETAL.
The [http://genome.sph.umich.edu/wiki/Rvtests '''rvtests'''] tool for rare-variant association analysis can also generate output compatible with RAREMETAL.
== Brief Description ==
== Brief Description ==
'''RAREMETAL''' is a computationally efficient tool for meta-analysis of rare variants using sequencing or genotyping array data. '''RAREMETAL''' takes summary statistics and LD matrices generated by [[Rare-Metal-Worker|'''RAREMETALWORKER''']] or [http://genome.sph.umich.edu/wiki/Rvtests '''rvtests'''], handles related and unrelated individuals, and supports both single variant and burden meta-analysis. '''RAREMETAL''' generates high quality plots by default and has options that allow users to build reports at different levels.
'''RAREMETAL''' is a computationally efficient tool for meta-analysis of rare variants using sequencing or genotyping array data. It takes summary statistics and LD matrices generated by [[Rare-Metal-Worker|'''RAREMETALWORKER''']] or [http://genome.sph.umich.edu/wiki/Rvtests '''rvtests'''], handles related and unrelated individuals, and supports both single variant and burden meta-analysis. It generates high quality plots by default and has options that allow users to build reports at different levels.
'''RAREMETAL''' is developed by Shuang Feng, Dajiang Liu and Gonçalo Abecasis. A R-package written by Dajiang Liu using the same methodology is [[RareMetals|'''available''']].
'''RAREMETAL''' is developed by Shuang Feng, Dajiang Liu and Gonçalo Abecasis. A R-package written by Dajiang Liu using the same methodology is [[RareMetals|'''available''']].
== Key Features ==
'''RAREMETAL''' has the following features:
* Performs gene-based or region-based meta analysis using Burden tests with the following methods: CMC_counts, Madsen-Browning, SKAT, and Variable Threshold.
* Performs single variant metal-analysis by default.
* Allows customized groups of variants to be tested.
* Allows conditional analysis to be performed in both gene-level meta-analysis and single variants meta-analysis.
* Generate QQ plots and manhattan plots by default.
== Approach ==
== Approach ==
The key idea behind meta-analysis with RAREMETAL is that various gene-level test statistics can be reconstructed from single variant score statistics and that, when the linkage disequilibrium relationships between variants are known, the distribution of these gene-level statistics can be derived and used to evaluate signifi-cance. Single variant statistics are calculated using the Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel method. Our method has been published in [http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.1318 '''Liu et. al'''] in Nature Genetics. Please go to [http://genome.sph.umich.edu/wiki/RAREMETAL_method '''method'''] for details.
The key idea behind meta-analysis with RAREMETAL is that various gene-level test statistics can be reconstructed from single variant score statistics and that, when the linkage disequilibrium relationships between variants are known, the distribution of these gene-level statistics can be derived and used to evaluate signifi-cance. Single variant statistics are calculated using the Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel method. Our method has been published in [http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v46/n2/abs/ng.2852.html '''Liu et. al'''] in Nature Genetics. Please go to [http://genome.sph.umich.edu/wiki/RAREMETAL_method '''method'''] for details.
== Download and Installation ==
== Download and Installation ==
We have tested compilation using our source code on several platforms including Linux, and Mac OS X.
For compiling questions, please go to [http://genome.sph.umich.edu/wiki/COMPILE_RAREMETAL_Q%26A#A.3 '''compiling and debugging Q & A'''] for more information.
For source code and executables together with instructions of building from source, please go to [[RAREMETAL_DOWNLOAD_%26_BUILD |'''DOWNLOAD source and executables''']].
For questions about compilation, please go to [[RAREMETAL_FAQ | '''FAQ''']].
== Basic Usage Instructions ==
== Basic Usage Instructions ==
=====Summary Statistics=====
=====Summary Statistics=====
Files containing summary statistics and LD matrices generated by '''RAREMETALWORKER''' should be compressed and [http://samtools.sourceforge.net/tabix.shtml '''tabix'''] indexed using the following commands:
Files containing summary statistics and LD matrices generated by '''RAREMETALWORKER''' should be compressed and [http://samtools.sourceforge.net/tabix.shtml '''tabix'''] indexed using the following commands (Note in RAREMETALWORKER, if --zip is specified, these .gz and .tbi files will be automatically generated):
bgzip study1.singlevar.score.txt
bgzip study1.singlevar.score.txt
* The above example study name file guides '''RAREMETAL''' to look for summary statistics from TwinsUK study only, because "HUNT" study is commented out. The following two files are needed for '''RAREMETAL''' to perform further analysis together with their tabix index file are needed.
* The above example study name file guides '''RAREMETAL''' to look for summary statistics from TwinsUK study only, because "HUNT" study is commented out. The following two files are needed for '''RAREMETAL''' to perform further analysis together with their tabix index file are needed.
* Please sepcify --dosage option if input files were generated from dosage instead of genotype.
=====Group Rare Variants=====
=====Group Rare Variants=====
==== Association Options====
==== Association Options====
* Currently, CMC type burden test, Madsen-Browning burden test, Variable Threshold burden test and SKAT are provided in '''RAREMETAL''', by specifying --burden, --MB, --VT and --SKAT.
* Currently, CMC type burden test, Madsen-Browning burden test, Variable Threshold burden test and SKAT are provided in '''RAREMETAL''', by specifying --burden, --MB, --VT and --SKAT.
* --maf specifies the minor allele frequency cutoff when doing gene-based or group-based burden tests. The default is maf<0.05.
* --maf specifies the minor allele frequency cutoff when doing gene-based or group-based burden tests. Variants with maf '''above''' this threshold will be ignored. The default is maf<0.05.
* In '''a single study''' of sample size N, if a site is monomorphic or not reported in vcf/ped, it is considered that the sample size of this study is not large enough to sample the rare allele. Thus, this study contributes 2*N reference alleles and 0 alternative allele towards meta-analysis. To let such studies contribute no alleles towards pooled allele frequency, specify --altMAF.
==== Conditional Analysis====
==== Conditional Analysis====
== Additional Analysis Options ==
== Additional Analysis Options ==
=== Generate a VCF File to Annotate Outside RAREMETAL ===
* --writeVCF allows user to write a VCF file including pooled single variants from all studies. Then users can use their favorite annotation tool to annotate the VCF file. After annotating the VCF file, users can use that file as input for '''RAREMETAL''' for further gene-based or region-based meta analysis.
* The output vcf file will be name as: yourPrefix.pooled.variants.vcf. An example output vcf file is in the following:
#CHROM POS ID REF ALT QUAL FILTER INFO
1 115658497 115658497 G A . . ALT_AF=0.380906;
2 74688884 74688884 G A . . ALT_AF=8.33611e-05;
3 121414217 121414217 C A . . ALT_AF=0.0747833;
===Annotation===
* RAREMETAL automatically recognizes the annotation format generated by [[TabAnno | '''ANNO''']] or [[EPACTS#Annotating_VCF_file_using_EPACTS | '''EPACTS''']].
* To annotate a the VCF generated in previous step, you can use the following command:
./anno --in your.in.vcf.gz --out your.out.vcf.gz
=== Group Rare Variants from Annotated VCF ===
=== Group Rare Variants from Annotated VCF ===
* The annotated VCF file should be specified using --annotatedVcf option.
* The annotated VCF file should be specified using --annotatedVcf option.
* --annotation should be used with --annotatedVcf together when specific category of functional variants are of interest to be grouped. For example, if grouping nonsynonymous and splicing variants are of interests, the following should be included in command line:
* --annotation should be used with --annotatedVcf together when specific category of functional variants are of interest to be grouped. For example, if grouping nonsynonymous and splicing variants are of interests, the following should be included in command line:
* (! only available after v4.13.8) when --annotation is not specified, raremetal groups all non-intergenic variants.
--annotatedVcf your.annotated.vcf --annotation nonsyn/splicing
--annotatedVcf your.annotated.vcf --annotation nonsyn/splicing
* Notice that each variant is allowed to have more than one annotations; but each annotation should start with a new key "ANNO=" followed by annotation:genename:other transcript information.
* Notice that each variant is allowed to have more than one annotations; but each annotation should start with a new key "ANNO=" followed by annotation:genename:other transcript information.
* Generated group file will be named test.groupfile under your running directory.
* --writeVCF allows user to write a VCF file including pooled single variants from all studies. Then users can use their favorite annotation tool to annotate the VCF file. After annotating the VCF file, users can use that file as input for '''RAREMETAL''' for further gene-based or region-based meta analysis.
===Options for Report Generation===
===Options for Report Generation===
--tabulateHits [false]
--tabulateHits [false]
--hitsCutoff [1e-06]
--hitsCutoff [1e-06]
--dosage [false]
--altMAF [false]
==Example Command lines==
==Example Command lines==
==CONTACT==
==CONTACT==
Please email Shuang Feng (sfengsph at umich dot edu) for questions.
Please email Andy Boughton (abought at umich dot edu) for questions.
Also check [[Raremetal Incoming updates | '''Known issues and incoming update in next version''']] to see if your problem has been reported before
