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ArticleScientific reports2020

Technical considerations when designing a gene expression panel for renal transplant diagnosis.

F Toulza, K Dominy, T Cook, J Galliford, J Beadle, A McLean, C Roufosse

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Diagnostic application of transcripts associated with antibody-mediated rejection in kidney transplant biopsies.Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association · 2022
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7 authors.

F ToulzaDepartment of Immunology and Inflammation, Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK.
K DominyMolecular Pathology Laboratory, North West London Pathology, London, UK.
T CookDepartment of Immunology and Inflammation, Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK.
J GallifordImperial Kidney and Transplant Centre, London, UK.
J BeadleDepartment of Immunology and Inflammation, Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK.
A McLeanImperial Kidney and Transplant Centre, London, UK.
C RoufosseDepartment of Immunology and Inflammation, Centre for Inflammatory Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK. c.roufosse@imperial.ac.uk.

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Department of Health
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gene expression analysis is emerging as a new diagnostic tool in transplant pathology, in particular for the diagnosis of antibody-mediated rejection. Diagnostic gene expression panels are defined on the basis of their pathophysiological relevance, but also need to be tested for their robustness across different preservatives and analysis platforms. The aim of this study is the investigate the effect of tissue sampling and preservation on candidate genes included in a renal transplant diagnostic panel. Using the NanoString platform, we compared the expression of 219 genes in 51 samples, split for formalin-fixation and paraffin-embedding (FFPE) and RNAlater preservation (RNAlater). We found that overall, gene expression significantly correlated between FFPE and RNAlater samples. However, at the individual gene level, 46 of the 219 genes did not correlate across the 51 matched FFPE and RNAlater samples. Comparing gene expression results using NanoString and qRT-PCR for 18 genes in the same pool of RNA (RNAlater), we found a significant correlation in 17/18 genes. Our study indicates that, in samples from the same routine diagnostic renal transplant biopsy procedure split for FFPE and RNAlater, 21% of 219 genes of potential biological significance do not correlate in expression. Whether this is due to fixatives or tissue sampling, selection of gene panels for routine diagnosis should take this information into consideration.

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Kidney TransplantationFormaldehydeGene Expression ProfilingGenetic Association StudiesGraft RejectionHumansParaffin EmbeddingReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionRNATissue FixationFormaldehydeRNA

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PMID33087822
PMCPMC7578804

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