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Underrepresentation of Asian genomes has hindered population and medical genetics research on Asians, leading to population disparities in precision medicine. By whole-genome sequencing of 4,810 Singapore Chinese, Malays, and Indians, we found 98.3 million SNPs and small insertions or deletions, over half of which are novel. Population structure analysis demonstrated great representation of Asian genetic diversity by three ethnicities in Singapore and revealed a Malay-related novel ancestry component. Furthermore, demographic inference suggested that Malays split from Chinese â¼24,800 years ago and experienced significant admixture with East Asians â¼1,700 years ago, coinciding with the Austronesian expansion. Additionally, we identified 20 candidate loci for natural selection, 14 of which harbored robust associations with complex traits and diseases. Finally, we show that our data can substantially improve genotype imputation in diverse Asian and Oceanian populations. These results highlight the value of our data as a resource to empower human genetics discovery across broad geographic regions.
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Genética de Población , Genoma Humano/genética , Selección Genética , Secuenciación Completa del Genoma , Pueblo Asiatico/genética , Femenino , Genotipo , Humanos , Malasia/epidemiología , Masculino , Polimorfismo de Nucleótido Simple/genética , Singapur/epidemiologíaRESUMEN
Combinatorial interactions among transcription factors are critical to directing tissue-specific gene expression. To build a global atlas of these combinations, we have screened for physical interactions among the majority of human and mouse DNA-binding transcription factors (TFs). The complete networks contain 762 human and 877 mouse interactions. Analysis of the networks reveals that highly connected TFs are broadly expressed across tissues, and that roughly half of the measured interactions are conserved between mouse and human. The data highlight the importance of TF combinations for determining cell fate, and they lead to the identification of a SMAD3/FLI1 complex expressed during development of immunity. The availability of large TF combinatorial networks in both human and mouse will provide many opportunities to study gene regulation, tissue differentiation, and mammalian evolution.
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Regulación de la Expresión Génica , Redes Reguladoras de Genes , Factores de Transcripción/metabolismo , Animales , Diferenciación Celular , Evolución Molecular , Humanos , Ratones , Monocitos/citología , Especificidad de Órganos , Proteína smad3/metabolismo , Transactivadores/metabolismoRESUMEN
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are largely heterogeneous and functionally uncharacterized. Here, using FANTOM5 cap analysis of gene expression (CAGE) data, we integrate multiple transcript collections to generate a comprehensive atlas of 27,919 human lncRNA genes with high-confidence 5' ends and expression profiles across 1,829 samples from the major human primary cell types and tissues. Genomic and epigenomic classification of these lncRNAs reveals that most intergenic lncRNAs originate from enhancers rather than from promoters. Incorporating genetic and expression data, we show that lncRNAs overlapping trait-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms are specifically expressed in cell types relevant to the traits, implicating these lncRNAs in multiple diseases. We further demonstrate that lncRNAs overlapping expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL)-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms of messenger RNAs are co-expressed with the corresponding messenger RNAs, suggesting their potential roles in transcriptional regulation. Combining these findings with conservation data, we identify 19,175 potentially functional lncRNAs in the human genome.
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Bases de Datos Genéticas , ARN Largo no Codificante/química , ARN Largo no Codificante/genética , Transcriptoma/genética , Células Cultivadas , Secuencia Conservada/genética , Conjuntos de Datos como Asunto , Elementos de Facilitación Genéticos/genética , Epigénesis Genética , Perfilación de la Expresión Génica , Regulación de la Expresión Génica , Genoma Humano/genética , Estudio de Asociación del Genoma Completo , Genómica , Humanos , Internet , Anotación de Secuencia Molecular , Especificidad de Órganos/genética , Polimorfismo de Nucleótido Simple , Regiones Promotoras Genéticas/genética , Sitios de Carácter Cuantitativo/genética , Estabilidad del ARN , ARN Mensajero/genéticaRESUMEN
For millennia, humans have exploited the natural property of metals to get stronger or harden when mechanically deformed. Ultimately rooted in the motion of dislocations, mechanisms of metal hardening have remained in the cross-hairs of physical metallurgists for over a century. Here, we performed atomistic simulations at the limits of supercomputing that are sufficiently large to be statistically representative of macroscopic crystal plasticity yet fully resolved to examine the origins of metal hardening at its most fundamental level of atomic motion. We demonstrate that the notorious staged (inflection) hardening of metals is a direct consequence of crystal rotation under uniaxial straining. At odds with widely divergent and contradictory views in the literature, we observe that basic mechanisms of dislocation behaviour are the same across all stages of metal hardening.
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Macrophages in the lung detect and respond to influenza A virus (IAV), determining the nature of the immune response. Using terminal-depth cap analysis of gene expression (CAGE), we quantified transcriptional activity of both host and pathogen over a 24-h time course of IAV infection in primary human monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs). This method allowed us to observe heterogenous host sequences incorporated into IAV mRNA, "snatched" 5' RNA caps, and corresponding RNA sequences from host RNAs. In order to determine whether cap-snatching is random or exhibits a bias, we systematically compared host sequences incorporated into viral mRNA ("snatched") against a complete survey of all background host RNA in the same cells, at the same time. Using a computational strategy designed to eliminate sources of bias due to read length, sequencing depth, and multimapping, we were able to quantify overrepresentation of host RNA features among the sequences that were snatched by IAV. We demonstrate biased snatching of numerous host RNAs, particularly small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs), and avoidance of host transcripts encoding host ribosomal proteins, which are required by IAV for replication. We then used a systems approach to describe the transcriptional landscape of the host response to IAV, observing many new features, including a failure of IAV-treated MDMs to induce feedback inhibitors of inflammation, seen in response to other treatments.IMPORTANCE Infection with influenza A virus (IAV) infection is responsible for an estimated 500,000 deaths and up to 5 million cases of severe respiratory illness each year. In this study, we looked at human primary immune cells (macrophages) infected with IAV. Our method allows us to look at both the host and the virus in parallel. We used these data to explore a process known as "cap-snatching," where IAV snatches a short nucleotide sequence from capped host RNA. This process was believed to be random. We demonstrate biased snatching of numerous host RNAs, including those associated with snRNA transcription, and avoidance of host transcripts encoding host ribosomal proteins, which are required by IAV for replication. We then describe the transcriptional landscape of the host response to IAV, observing new features, including a failure of IAV-treated MDMs to induce feedback inhibitors of inflammation, seen in response to other treatments.
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Secuencia de Bases , Virus de la Influenza A/genética , Gripe Humana/virología , Transcripción Genética/fisiología , Sesgo , Redes Reguladoras de Genes , Interacciones Microbiota-Huesped/genética , Interacciones Microbiota-Huesped/fisiología , Humanos , Virus de la Influenza A/efectos de los fármacos , Lipopolisacáridos/farmacología , Macrófagos , Caperuzas de ARN/genética , ARN Mensajero , ARN Nuclear Pequeño/metabolismo , ARN Viral/genética , ARN Polimerasa Dependiente del ARN/genética , Replicación ViralRESUMEN
Regulated transcription controls the diversity, developmental pathways and spatial organization of the hundreds of cell types that make up a mammal. Using single-molecule cDNA sequencing, we mapped transcription start sites (TSSs) and their usage in human and mouse primary cells, cell lines and tissues to produce a comprehensive overview of mammalian gene expression across the human body. We find that few genes are truly 'housekeeping', whereas many mammalian promoters are composite entities composed of several closely separated TSSs, with independent cell-type-specific expression profiles. TSSs specific to different cell types evolve at different rates, whereas promoters of broadly expressed genes are the most conserved. Promoter-based expression analysis reveals key transcription factors defining cell states and links them to binding-site motifs. The functions of identified novel transcripts can be predicted by coexpression and sample ontology enrichment analyses. The functional annotation of the mammalian genome 5 (FANTOM5) project provides comprehensive expression profiles and functional annotation of mammalian cell-type-specific transcriptomes with wide applications in biomedical research.
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Atlas como Asunto , Anotación de Secuencia Molecular , Regiones Promotoras Genéticas/genética , Transcriptoma/genética , Animales , Línea Celular , Células Cultivadas , Análisis por Conglomerados , Secuencia Conservada/genética , Regulación de la Expresión Génica/genética , Redes Reguladoras de Genes/genética , Genes Esenciales/genética , Genoma/genética , Humanos , Ratones , Sistemas de Lectura Abierta/genética , Especificidad de Órganos , ARN Mensajero/análisis , ARN Mensajero/genética , Factores de Transcripción/metabolismo , Sitio de Iniciación de la Transcripción , Transcripción Genética/genéticaRESUMEN
Enhancers control the correct temporal and cell-type-specific activation of gene expression in multicellular eukaryotes. Knowing their properties, regulatory activity and targets is crucial to understand the regulation of differentiation and homeostasis. Here we use the FANTOM5 panel of samples, covering the majority of human tissues and cell types, to produce an atlas of active, in vivo-transcribed enhancers. We show that enhancers share properties with CpG-poor messenger RNA promoters but produce bidirectional, exosome-sensitive, relatively short unspliced RNAs, the generation of which is strongly related to enhancer activity. The atlas is used to compare regulatory programs between different cells at unprecedented depth, to identify disease-associated regulatory single nucleotide polymorphisms, and to classify cell-type-specific and ubiquitous enhancers. We further explore the utility of enhancer redundancy, which explains gene expression strength rather than expression patterns. The online FANTOM5 enhancer atlas represents a unique resource for studies on cell-type-specific enhancers and gene regulation.
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Atlas como Asunto , Elementos de Facilitación Genéticos/genética , Regulación de la Expresión Génica/genética , Anotación de Secuencia Molecular , Especificidad de Órganos , Línea Celular , Células Cultivadas , Análisis por Conglomerados , Predisposición Genética a la Enfermedad/genética , Células HeLa , Humanos , Polimorfismo de Nucleótido Simple/genética , Regiones Promotoras Genéticas/genética , ARN Mensajero/biosíntesis , ARN Mensajero/genética , Sitio de Iniciación de la Transcripción , Iniciación de la Transcripción GenéticaRESUMEN
Nanoprecipitates play a significant role in the strength, ductility, and damage tolerance of metallic alloys through their interaction with crystalline defects, especially dislocations. However, the difficulty of observing the action of individual precipitates during plastic deformation has made it challenging to conclusively determine the mechanisms of the precipitate-defect interaction for a given alloy system and presents a major bottleneck in the rational design of nanostructured alloys. Here, we demonstrate the in situ compression of core-shell nanocubes as a promising platform to determine the precise role of individual precipitates. Each nanocube with a dimension of â¼85 nm contains a single spherical precipitate of â¼25 nm diameter. The Au-core/Ag-shell nanocubes show a yield strength of 495 MPa with no strain hardening. The deformation mechanism is determined to be surface nucleation of dislocations which easily traverses through the coherent Au-Ag interface. On the other hand, the Au-core/Cu-shell nanocubes show a yield strength of 829 MPa with a pronounced strain hardening rate. Molecular dynamics and dislocation dynamics simulations, in conjunction with TEM analysis, have demonstrated the yield mechanism to be the motion of threading dislocations extending from the semicoherent Au-Cu interface to the surface, and strain hardening to be caused by a single-armed Orowan looping mechanism. Nanocube compression offers an exciting opportunity to directly compare computational models of defect dynamics with in situ deformation measurements to elucidate the precise mechanisms of precipitate hardening.
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When metals plastically deform, the density of line defects called dislocations increases and the microstructure is continuously refined, leading to the strain hardening behavior. Using discrete dislocation dynamics simulations, we demonstrate the fundamental role of junction formation in connecting dislocation microstructure evolution and strain hardening in face-centered cubic (fcc) Cu. The dislocation network formed consists of line segments whose lengths closely follow an exponential distribution. This exponential distribution is a consequence of junction formation, which can be modeled as a one-dimensional Poisson process. According to the exponential distribution, two non-dimensional parameters control microstructure evolution, with the hardening rate dictated by the rate of stable junction formation. Among the types of junctions in fcc crystals, we find that glissile junctions make the dominant contribution to strain hardening.
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Underlying the complexity of the mammalian brain is its network of neuronal connections, but also the molecular networks of signaling pathways, protein interactions, and regulated gene expression within each individual neuron. The diversity and complexity of the spatially intermingled neurons pose a serious challenge to the identification and quantification of single neuron components. To address this challenge, we present a novel approach for the study of the ribosome-associated transcriptome-the translatome-from selected subcellular domains of specific neurons, and apply it to the Purkinje cells (PCs) in the rat cerebellum. We combined microdissection, translating ribosome affinity purification (TRAP) in nontransgenic animals, and quantitative nanoCAGE sequencing to obtain a snapshot of RNAs bound to cytoplasmic or rough endoplasmic reticulum (rER)-associated ribosomes in the PC and its dendrites. This allowed us to discover novel markers of PCs, to determine structural aspects of genes, to find hitherto uncharacterized transcripts, and to quantify biophysically relevant genes of membrane proteins controlling ion homeostasis and neuronal electrical activities.
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Perfilación de la Expresión Génica , Células de Purkinje/metabolismo , Animales , Sitios de Unión , Mapeo Cromosómico , Análisis por Conglomerados , Citoplasma/metabolismo , Dendritas/metabolismo , Retículo Endoplásmico Rugoso/metabolismo , Familia de Multigenes , Regiones Promotoras Genéticas , Biosíntesis de Proteínas , ARN no Traducido/genética , ARN no Traducido/metabolismo , Ratas , Ribosomas/fisiología , TranscriptomaRESUMEN
Odorous chemicals are detected by the mouse main olfactory epithelium (MOE) by about 1100 types of olfactory receptors (OR) expressed by olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs). Each mature OSN is thought to express only one allele of a single OR gene. Major impediments to understand the transcriptional control of OR gene expression are the lack of a proper characterization of OR transcription start sites (TSSs) and promoters, and of regulatory transcripts at OR loci. We have applied the nanoCAGE technology to profile the transcriptome and the active promoters in the MOE. nanoCAGE analysis revealed the map and architecture of promoters for 87.5% of the mouse OR genes, as well as the expression of many novel noncoding RNAs including antisense transcripts. We identified candidate transcription factors for OR gene expression and among them confirmed by chromatin immunoprecipitation the binding of TBP, EBF1 (OLF1), and MEF2A to OR promoters. Finally, we showed that a short genomic fragment flanking the major TSS of the OR gene Olfr160 (M72) can drive OSN-specific expression in transgenic mice.
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Regiones Promotoras Genéticas , Receptores Odorantes/genética , Regiones no Traducidas 3' , Animales , Secuencia de Bases , Sitios de Unión , Secuencia de Consenso , Proteínas de Unión al ADN/metabolismo , Perfilación de la Expresión Génica , Regulación de la Expresión Génica , Orden Génico , Sitios Genéticos , Factores de Transcripción MEF2 , Ratones , Ratones Transgénicos , Factores Reguladores Miogénicos/metabolismo , Mucosa Olfatoria/metabolismo , Neuronas Receptoras Olfatorias/metabolismo , Proteína de Unión a TATA-Box/metabolismo , Factores de Transcripción/metabolismo , Sitio de Iniciación de la Transcripción , Transcripción GenéticaRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: Mutations in three functionally diverse genes cause Rett Syndrome. Although the functions of Forkhead box G1 (FOXG1), Methyl CpG binding protein 2 (MECP2) and Cyclin-dependent kinase-like 5 (CDKL5) have been studied individually, not much is known about their relation to each other with respect to expression levels and regulatory regions. Here we analyzed data from hundreds of mouse and human samples included in the FANTOM5 project, to identify transcript initiation sites, expression levels, expression correlations and regulatory regions of the three genes. RESULTS: Our investigations reveal the predominantly used transcription start sites (TSSs) for each gene including novel transcription start sites for FOXG1. We show that FOXG1 expression is poorly correlated with the expression of MECP2 and CDKL5. We identify promoter shapes for each TSS, the predicted location of enhancers for each gene and the common transcription factors likely to regulate the three genes. Our data imply Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) mediated silencing of Foxg1 in cerebellum. CONCLUSIONS: Our analyses provide a comprehensive picture of the regulatory regions of the three genes involved in Rett Syndrome.
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Perfilación de la Expresión Génica , Regiones Promotoras Genéticas/genética , Síndrome de Rett/genética , Animales , Encéfalo/metabolismo , Encéfalo/patología , Línea Celular Tumoral , Islas de CpG/genética , Factores de Transcripción Forkhead/genética , Genómica , Histonas/genética , Humanos , Proteína 2 de Unión a Metil-CpG/genética , Ratones , Proteínas del Tejido Nervioso/genética , Neuronas/metabolismo , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinasas/genética , Síndrome de Rett/patología , TATA Box/genética , Sitio de Iniciación de la TranscripciónRESUMEN
We report the development of a simplified cap analysis of gene expression (CAGE) protocol adapted for single-molecule sequencers that avoids second strand synthesis, ligation, digestion, and PCR. HeliScopeCAGE directly sequences the 3' end of cap trapped first-strand cDNAs. As with previous versions of CAGE, we better define transcription start sites (TSS) than known models, identify novel regions of transcription and alternative promoters, and find two major classes of TSS signal, sharp peaks and broad regions. However, using this protocol, we observe reproducible evidence of regulation at the much finer level of individual TSS positions. The libraries are quantitative over 5 orders of magnitude and highly reproducible (Pearson's correlation coefficient of 0.987). We have also scaled down the sample requirement to 5 µg of total RNA for a standard HeliScopeCAGE library and 100 ng for a low-quantity version. When the same RNA was run as 5-µg and 100-ng versions, the 100 ng was still able to detect expression for â¼60% of the 13,468 loci detected by a 5-µg library using the same threshold, allowing comparative analysis of even rare cell populations. Testing the protocol for differential gene expression measurements on triplicate HeLa and THP-1 samples, we find that the log fold change compared to Illumina microarray measurements is highly correlated (0.871). In addition, HeliScopeCAGE finds differential expression for thousands more loci including those with probes on the array. Finally, although the majority of tags are 5' associated, we also observe a low level of signal on exons that is useful for defining gene structures.
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Perfilación de la Expresión Génica/métodos , Expresión Génica , Análisis de Secuencia por Matrices de Oligonucleótidos/métodos , Mapeo Cromosómico , ADN Complementario/genética , Exones , Biblioteca de Genes , Células HeLa , Humanos , Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa , Regiones Promotoras Genéticas , Análisis de Secuencia de ARN/métodos , Sitio de Iniciación de la Transcripción , Transcripción GenéticaRESUMEN
The fibrillins and latent transforming growth factor binding proteins (LTBPs) form a superfamily of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins characterized by the presence of a unique domain, the 8-cysteine transforming growth factor beta (TGFß) binding domain. These proteins are involved in the structure of the extracellular matrix and controlling the bioavailability of TGFß family members. Genes encoding these proteins show differential expression in mesenchymal cell types which synthesize the extracellular matrix. We have investigated the promoter regions of the seven gene family members using the FANTOM5 CAGE database for human. While the protein and nucleotide sequences show considerable sequence similarity, the promoter regions were quite diverse. Most genes had a single predominant transcription start site region but LTBP1 and LTBP4 had two regions initiating different transcripts. Most of the family members were expressed in a range of mesenchymal and other cell types, often associated with use of alternative promoters or transcription start sites within a promoter in different cell types. FBN3 was the lowest expressed gene, and was found only in embryonic and fetal tissues. The different promoters for one gene were more similar to each other in expression than to promoters of the other family members. Notably expression of all 22 LTBP2 promoters was tightly correlated and quite distinct from all other family members. We located candidate enhancer regions likely to be involved in expression of the genes. Each gene was associated with a unique subset of transcription factors across multiple promoters although several motifs including MAZ, SP1, GTF2I and KLF4 showed overrepresentation across the gene family. FBN1 and FBN2, which had similar expression patterns, were regulated by different transcription factors. This study highlights the role of alternative transcription start sites in regulating the tissue specificity of closely related genes and suggests that this important class of extracellular matrix proteins is subject to subtle regulatory variations that explain the differential roles of members of this gene family.
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Perfilación de la Expresión Génica , Proteínas de Unión a TGF-beta Latente/genética , Células Madre Mesenquimatosas/metabolismo , Proteínas de Microfilamentos/genética , Línea Celular , Elementos de Facilitación Genéticos , Matriz Extracelular/genética , Matriz Extracelular/metabolismo , Fibrilina-1 , Fibrilina-2 , Fibrilinas , Humanos , Factor 4 Similar a Kruppel , Proteínas de Unión a TGF-beta Latente/metabolismo , Proteínas de Microfilamentos/metabolismo , Familia de Multigenes , Especificidad de Órganos , Regiones Promotoras GenéticasRESUMEN
Cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) plays a crucial role in metabolizing approximately 20% of medications prescribed clinically. This enzyme is encoded by the CYP2D6 gene, known for its extensive polymorphism with over 170 catalogued haplotypes or star alleles, which can have a profound impact on drug efficacy and safety. Despite its importance, a gap exists in the global genomic databases, which are predominantly representative of European ancestries, thereby limiting comprehensive knowledge of CYP2D6 variation in ethnically diverse populations. In an effort to bridge this knowledge gap, we focused on elucidating the CYP2D6 variation landscape within a multi-ethnic Asian cohort, encompassing individuals of Chinese, Malay, and Indian descent. Our study comprised data analysis of 1850 whole genomes from the SG10K_Health dataset using an in-house consensus algorithm, which integrates the capabilities of Cyrius, Aldy, and StellarPGx. This analysis unveiled distinct population-specific star-allele distribution trends, highlighting the unique genetic makeup of the Singaporean population. Significantly, 46% of our cohort harbored actionable CYP2D6 variants-those with direct implications for drug dosing and treatment strategies. Furthermore, we identified 14 potential novel CYP2D6 star-alleles, of which 7 were observed in multiple individuals, suggesting their broader relevance. Overall, our study contributes novel data on CYP2D6 genetic variations specific to the Southeast Asian context. The findings are instrumental for the advancement of pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine, not only in Southeast Asia but also in other regions with comparable genetic diversity.
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Alelos , Pueblo Asiatico , Citocromo P-450 CYP2D6 , Citocromo P-450 CYP2D6/genética , Citocromo P-450 CYP2D6/metabolismo , Humanos , Pueblo Asiatico/genética , Etnicidad/genética , Singapur , Variación Genética , Frecuencia de los Genes , Polimorfismo de Nucleótido Simple , HaplotiposRESUMEN
Large-scale sequencing projects have revealed an unexpected complexity in the origins, structures and functions of mammalian transcripts. Many loci are known to produce overlapping coding and noncoding RNAs with capped 5' ends that vary in size. Methods to identify the 5' ends of transcripts will facilitate the discovery of new promoters and 5' ends derived from secondary capping events. Such methods often require high input amounts of RNA not obtainable from highly refined samples such as tissue microdissections and subcellular fractions. Therefore, we developed nano-cap analysis of gene expression (nanoCAGE), a method that captures the 5' ends of transcripts from as little as 10 ng of total RNA, and CAGEscan, a mate-pair adaptation of nanoCAGE that captures the transcript 5' ends linked to a downstream region. Both of these methods allow further annotation-agnostic studies of the complex human transcriptome.
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Perfilación de la Expresión Génica , Regulación de la Expresión Génica/fisiología , Nanotecnología/métodos , Regiones Promotoras Genéticas/fisiología , ARN/metabolismo , Genoma Humano , Humanos , ARN/genéticaRESUMEN
To verify the genome annotation and to create a resource to functionally characterize the proteome, we attempted to Gateway-clone all predicted protein-encoding open reading frames (ORFs), or the 'ORFeome,' of Caenorhabditis elegans. We successfully cloned approximately 12,000 ORFs (ORFeome 1.1), of which roughly 4,000 correspond to genes that are untouched by any cDNA or expressed-sequence tag (EST). More than 50% of predicted genes needed corrections in their intron-exon structures. Notably, approximately 11,000 C. elegans proteins can now be expressed under many conditions and characterized using various high-throughput strategies, including large-scale interactome mapping. We suggest that similar ORFeome projects will be valuable for other organisms, including humans.
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Caenorhabditis elegans/genética , Genoma , Empalme Alternativo , Animales , Clonación Molecular , ADN Complementario/genética , ADN de Helmintos/genética , Bases de Datos Genéticas , Exones , Etiquetas de Secuencia Expresada , Expresión Génica , Genes de Helminto , Genómica , Proteínas del Helminto/genética , Humanos , Intrones , Sistemas de Lectura Abierta , Proteoma , ProteómicaRESUMEN
Precision medicine promises to transform healthcare for groups and individuals through early disease detection, refining diagnoses and tailoring treatments. Analysis of large-scale genomic-phenotypic databases is a critical enabler of precision medicine. Although Asia is home to 60% of the world's population, many Asian ancestries are under-represented in existing databases, leading to missed opportunities for new discoveries, particularly for diseases most relevant for these populations. The Singapore National Precision Medicine initiative is a whole-of-government 10-year initiative aiming to generate precision medicine data of up to one million individuals, integrating genomic, lifestyle, health, social and environmental data. Beyond technologies, routine adoption of precision medicine in clinical practice requires social, ethical, legal and regulatory barriers to be addressed. Identifying driver use cases in which precision medicine results in standardized changes to clinical workflows or improvements in population health, coupled with health economic analysis to demonstrate value-based healthcare, is a vital prerequisite for responsible health system adoption.
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Atención a la Salud , Medicina de Precisión , Humanos , Singapur , Medicina de Precisión/métodos , AsiaRESUMEN
Genomic researchers increasingly utilize commercial cloud service providers (CSPs) to manage data and analytics needs. CSPs allow researchers to grow Information Technology (IT) infrastructure on demand to overcome bottlenecks when combining large datasets. However, without adequate security controls, the risk of unauthorized access may be higher for data stored on the cloud. Additionally, regulators are mandating data access patterns and specific security protocols for the storage and use of genomic data. While CSP provides tools for security and regulatory compliance, building the necessary controls required for cloud solutions is not trivial. Research Assets Provisioning and Tracking Online Repository (RAPTOR) by the Genome Institute of Singapore is a cloud-native genomics data repository and analytics platform that implements a "five-safes" framework to provide security and governance controls to data contributors and users, leveraging CSP for sharing and analysis of genomic datasets without the risk of security breaches or running afoul of regulations.
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To provide accurate biological hypotheses and elucidate global properties of cellular networks, systematic identification of protein-protein interactions must meet high quality standards.We present an expanded C. elegans protein-protein interaction network, or 'interactome' map, derived from testing a matrix of approximately 10,000 x approximately 10,000 proteins using a highly specific, high-throughput yeast two-hybrid system. Through a new empirical quality control framework, we show that the resulting data set (Worm Interactome 2007, or WI-2007) was similar in quality to low-throughput data curated from the literature. We filtered previous interaction data sets and integrated them with WI-2007 to generate a high-confidence consolidated map (Worm Interactome version 8, or WI8). This work allowed us to estimate the size of the worm interactome at approximately 116,000 interactions. Comparison with other types of functional genomic data shows the complementarity of distinct experimental approaches in predicting different functional relationships between genes or proteins