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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

The Blood RNA Stability Atlas: defining temporal structure and trait-state programs in the human whole-blood transcriptome.

Will C Baltazar, Robert O Messing, Laura B Ferguson

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Will C BaltazarThe Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, Austin, TX.
Robert O MessingThe Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, Austin, TX.
Laura B FergusonThe Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, Austin, TX.ORCID 0000-0003-3274-412X

Funding

INIA: ANIMAL COREU01AA013520 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN · PI YURI A BLEDNOV, ROBERT O. MESSING · 2001 to 2026
$9.5M
Integrative Neuroscience Initiative on AlcoholismU24AA025479 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI ROBERT O. MESSING · 2017 to 2026
$5.0M
PDE4 regulation of GABA-A receptors in alcohol tolerance and consumptionR01AA028807 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI ROBERT O. MESSING · 2022 to 2026
$2.2M
CRF neurons of the extended amygdala and alcohol drinkingR01AA026075 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI MESSING, ROBERT O. · 2017 to 2021
$1.7M
RNA biomarkers for alcohol use disorderR00AA030821 · NIAAA · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Laura Brockway Ferguson · 2025 to 2026
$498k
RNA biomarkers for alcohol use disorderK99AA030821 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI FERGUSON, LAURA BROCKWAY · 2023 to 2024
$262k
NIAAA NIH HHS K99 AA030821NIAAA NIH HHS R00 AA030821NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA026075NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA028807NIAAA NIH HHS U01 AA013520NIAAA NIH HHS U24 AA025479
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Whole-blood RNA biomarkers are widely used for diagnosis and disease monitoring, but their utility depends not only on abundance but also on temporal stability, a property that is not routinely incorporated into biomarker design. We analyzed 968 longitudinal whole-blood transcriptomes from 165 healthy individuals across eight independent studies spanning diverse platforms, time scales (50 minutes to 16 weeks), and common environmental exposures. Using a cross-study analytical framework integrating variance partitioning, repeatability, and time-associated differential expression, we quantified temporal stability for 6,064 RNAs and classified transcripts into "trait" (stable) and "state" (dynamic) categories representing the extremes of longitudinal changes in transcript abundance. We identified 1,118 trait RNAs exhibiting stable within-individual levels of abundance but substantial inter-individual variability, enriched for whole-blood eGenes (P = 6.0 × 10

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biomarker reproducibilitylongitudinal RNA measuresmRNA variabilitytranscriptomic biomarker discoverywhole-blood transcriptomics

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PMID42465362
PMCPMC13371056

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