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Project description:To assess for the potential contribution of dysregulated long non-coding RNA expression in autism pathogenesis, we profiled lncRNAs and mRNAs from post mortem brain tissue from autism patients and age/sex matched controls
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Project description:PsychENCODE Consortium: Epigenetic Dysregulation in Autism Spectrum Disorder
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2014-08-29 | GSE60862 | GEO
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2011-07-12 | E-GEOD-30573 | biostudies-arrayexpress
Project description:This data set was generated by the UK Brain Expression Consortium and consists of gene expression data generated from post-mortem human brain samples, dissected from 10 brain regions and originating from a large cohort of neurologically and neuropathologically normal individuals. The UK Brain Expression Consortium has generated gene expression data on a large cohort of neurologically and neuropathologically normal individuals in order to better understand gene expression differences across the human brain. This SuperSeries is composed of the SubSeries listed below.
2013-06-27 | GSE46706 | GEO
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