Project description:We carried out Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) to reveal miRNA expression profiles of 16 patients with mTLE+HS and 8 post mortem controls (with median coverage of 10.8 million of unprocessed reads per sample). The sequencing platform identified 1962 miRNA species, out of which 422 miRNAs were present with the coverage of more than 500 reads altogether in all samples. We discovered 9 miRNAs potentially related to mTLE+HS that have not yet been associated with epilepsy.
Project description:The method to analyze the microsatellite instability (MSI) status by next-generation sequencing (NGS) has been established to assess the deficiency of DNA mismatch repair (MMR) system. The aim of our study is to evaluate the feasibility and reliability of this NGS method by testing the circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in blood sample of advanced colorectal cancer patients. If the result is positive, the MSI status could be easily learned without the acquisition of tissue samples.
Project description:Purpose: The goals of this study are to compare the effects of vehicle, PTH, and YKL-05-093 on gene expression by NGS-derived RNA-sequencing Methods: Ocy454 cells were grown at 37C for 14 days . Cells were then treated with vehicle, PTH (1 nM), or YKL-05-093 (0.5 uM) for 4 hours. Total RNA was isolated using Qiagen Rneasy columns, and submitted for NGS library generation and sequencing. All experiments performed in duplicate.
Project description:Classical-like Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (clEDS) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by complete absence of tenascin-X resulting from biallelic variation in TNXB. Accurate detection of TNXB variants is challenging because of the presence of the pseudogene TNXA, which can undergo non-allelic homologous recombination. Therefore, we designed a genetic screening system that is performed using similar operations to other next-generation sequencing (NGS) panel analyses and can be applied to accurately detect TNXB variants and the recombination of TNXA-derived sequences into TNXB. We also analyzed the levels of serum form of TNX (sTNX) by Western bot and LC/MS/MS. Using this system, we identified biallelic TNXB variants in nine unrelated clEDS patients. This report is the first to apply an NGS-based screening for TNXB variants and represents the third largest cohort of clEDS.
Project description:Next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology applications like RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) have dramatically expanded the potential for novel genomics discoveries, but the proliferation of various platforms and protocols for RNA-seq has created a need for reference data sets to help gauge the performance characteristics of these disparate methods. Here we describe the results of the ABRF-NGS Study on RNA-seq, which leverages replicate experiments across multiple sites using two reference RNA standards tested with four protocols (polyA selected, ribo-depleted, size selected, and degraded RNA), and examined across five NGS platforms (IlluminaM-bM-^@M-^Ys HiSeqs, Life TechnologiesM-bM-^@M-^Y Personal Genome Machine and Proton, Roche 454 GS FLX, and Pacific Biosciences RS). These results show high (R2 >0.9) intra-platform consistency across test sites, high inter-platform concordance (R2 >0.8) for transcriptome profiling, and a large set of novel splice junctions observed across all platforms. Also, we observe that protocols using ribosomal RNA depletion can both salvage degraded RNA samples and also be readily compared to polyA-enriched fractions. These data provide a broad foundation for standardization, evaluation and improvement of RNA-seq methods. Two reference RNA standards tested with four protocols (polyA selected, ribo-depleted, size selected, and degraded RNA), and examined across five NGS platforms (IlluminaM-bM-^@M-^Ys HiSeqs, Life TechnologiesM-bM-^@M-^Y Personal Genome Machine and Proton, Roche 454 GS FLX, and Pacific Biosciences RS).