Development of a fixed module repertoire for the analysis and interpretation of blood transcriptome data
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Journal Article
Abstract
As the capacity for generating large-scale molecular profiling data continues to grow, the ability to extract meaningful biological knowledge from it remains a limitation. Here, we describe the development of a new fixed repertoire of transcriptional modules, BloodGen3, that is designed to serve as a stable reusable framework for the analysis and interpretation of blood transcriptome data. The construction of this repertoire is based on co-clustering patterns observed across sixteen immunological and physiological states encompassing 985 blood transcriptome profiles. Interpretation is supported by customized resources, including module-level analysis workflows, fingerprint grid plot visualizations, interactive web applications and an extensive annotation framework comprising functional profiling reports and reference transcriptional profiles. Taken together, this well-characterized and well-supported transcriptional module repertoire can be employed for the interpretation and benchmarking of blood transcriptome profiles within and across patient cohorts. Blood transcriptome fingerprints for the 16 reference cohorts can be accessed interactively via: https://drinchai.shinyapps.io/BloodGen3Module/.
Date Issued
2021-07-19
Date Acceptance
2021-06-21
Citation
Nature Communications, 2021, 12, pp.1-19
ISSN
2041-1723
Publisher
Nature Research
Start Page
1
End Page
19
Journal / Book Title
Nature Communications
Volume
12
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Wellcome Trust
Wellcome Trust
National Institutes of Health
Identifier
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-24584-w
Grant Number
104803/Z/14/Z
WDAI_P83556
G10106-19033
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2021-07-19