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ReviewGenome biology2021

Best practices on the differential expression analysis of multi-species RNA-seq.

Matthew Chung, Vincent M Bruno, David A Rasko, Christina A Cuomo, José F Muñoz, Jonathan Livny, Amol C Shetty, Anup Mahurkar, Julie C Dunning Hotopp

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Review in Genome biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

57 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Matthew ChungInstitute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9545-523X
Vincent M BrunoInstitute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.
David A RaskoInstitute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7337-7154
Christina A CuomoInfectious Disease and Microbiome Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, 02142, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5778-960X
José F MuñozInfectious Disease and Microbiome Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, 02142, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4987-7957
Jonathan LivnyInfectious Disease and Microbiome Program, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, 02142, USA.
Amol C ShettyInstitute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8790-7649
Anup MahurkarInstitute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.
Julie C Dunning HotoppInstitute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA. jdhotopp@som.umaryland.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3862-986X

Funding

Viral Genomics: evolution, spread, and host interactionsU19AI110818 · NIAID · BROAD INSTITUTE, INC. · PI SABETI, PARDIS CHRISTINE · 2014 to 2024
$66.5M
Technology CoreU19AI110820 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI WHITE, OWEN R · 2014 to 2023
$36.5M
NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI110818NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI110820
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advances in transcriptome sequencing allow for simultaneous interrogation of differentially expressed genes from multiple species originating from a single RNA sample, termed dual or multi-species transcriptomics. Compared to single-species differential expression analysis, the design of multi-species differential expression experiments must account for the relative abundances of each organism of interest within the sample, often requiring enrichment methods and yielding differences in total read counts across samples. The analysis of multi-species transcriptomics datasets requires modifications to the alignment, quantification, and downstream analysis steps compared to the single-species analysis pipelines. We describe best practices for multi-species transcriptomics and differential gene expression.

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High-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingTranscriptomeAnimalsEukaryotaGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression RegulationHumansOrgan SpecificityProkaryotic CellsRNARNA-SeqROC CurveSequence AlignmentSequence Analysis, RNASingle-Cell AnalysisWorkflowRNABest practicesDifferential gene expressionRNA-SeqTranscriptomics

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PMID33926528
PMCPMC8082843

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