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Yale RNA Transcript Map (Neutrophil, Placenta and NB4 cells)   (All ENCODE Transcript Levels tracks)

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 Yale RNA Neutro  Yale Neutrophil RNA Transcript Map   Data format 
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 Yale RNA NB4 RA  Yale NB4 RNA Transcript Map, Treated with Retinoic Acid   Data format 
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 Yale RNA NB4 TPA  Yale NB4 RNA Transcript Map, Treated with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13 Acetate (TPA)   Data format 
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Source data version: ENCODE Oct 2005 Freeze
Assembly: Human May 2004 (NCBI35/hg17)

Description

This track shows the transcript map of signal intensity (estimating RNA abundance) for the following, hybridized to the Affymetrix ENCODE oligonucleotide microarray:

  • human neutrophil (PMN) total RNA (10 biological samples from different individuals)
  • human placental Poly(A)+ RNA (3 biological replicates)
  • total RNA from human NB4 cells (4 biological replicates), each sample divided into three parts and treated as follows: untreated, treated with retinoic acid (RA), and treated with 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13 acetate (TPA) (three out of the four original samples). Total RNA was extracted from each treated sample and applied to arrays in duplicate (2 technical replicates).
  • poly(A)+ and Total RNA for HeLa S3 (3 biological replicates for each)

The human NB4 cell can be made to differentiate towards either monocytes (by treatment with TPA) or neutrophils (by treatment with RA). See Kluger et al., 2004 in the References section for more details about the differentiation of hematopoietic cells.

This array has 25-mer oligonucleotide probes tiled approximately every 22 bp, covering all the non-repetitive DNA sequence of the ENCODE regions. The transcript map is a combined signal for both strands of DNA. This is derived from the number of different biological samples indicated above, each with at least two technical replicates.

See the following NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) accessions for details of experimental protocols:

  • ENCODE Transcript Mapping for Human Neutrophil (PMN) Total RNA: GSE2678
  • ENCODE Transcript Mapping for Human Placental Poly(A)+ RNA: GSE2671
  • ENCODE Transcript Mapping for Total RNA from Human NB4 Cells untreated, treated with RA, and treated with TPA: GSE2679

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Methods

The data from biological & technical replicates were quantile-normalized to each other and then median scaled to 25. Using a 101 bp sliding window centered on each oligonucleotide probe, a signal map estimating RNA abundance was generated by computing the pseudomedian signal of all PM-MM pairs (median of pairwise PM-MM averages) within the window, including replicates.

Verification

Independent biological replicates (as indicated above) were generated, and each was hybridized to at least two different arrays (technical replicates). Transcribed regions were then identified using a signal threshold of 90 percentile of signal intensities, as well as a maximum gap of 50 bp and a minimum run of 50 bp (between oligonucleotide positions). Transcribed regions, as determined by individual biological samples, were compared to ensure significant overlap.

Credits

These data were generated and analyzed by the Yale/Affymetrix collaboration between the labs of Michael Snyder, Mark Gerstein and Sherman Weissman at Yale University and Tom Gingeras at Affymetrix.

References

Bertone P, Stolc V, Royce TE, Rozowsky JS, Urban AE, Zhu X, Rinn JL, Tongprasit W, Samanta M, Weissman S et al. Global identification of human transcribed sequences with genome tiling arrays. Science. 2004 Dec 24;306(5705):2242-6.

Cheng J, Kapranov P, Drenkow J, Dike S, Brubaker S, Patel S, Long J, Stern D, Tammana H, Helt G et al. Transcriptional maps of 10 human chromosomes at 5-nucleotide resolution. Science. 2005 May 20;308(5725):1149-54.

Kapranov P, Cawley SE, Drenkow J, Bekiranov S, Strausberg RL, Fodor SP, Gingeras TR. Large-scale transcriptional activity in chromosomes 21 and 22. Science. 2002 May 3;296(5569):916-9.

Kluger Y, Tuck DP, Chang JT, Nakayama Y, Poddar R, Kohya N, Lian Z, Ben Nasr A, Halaban HR, Krause DS et al. Lineage specificity of gene expression patterns. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 April 27;101(17):6508-13.

Rinn JL, Euskirchen G, Bertone P, Martone R, Luscombe NM, Hartman S, Harrison PM, Nelson FK, Miller P, Gerstein M et al. The transcriptional activity of human Chromosome 22. Genes Dev. 2003 Feb 15;17(4):529-40.