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ArticleBMC genomics2024

RNA-seq validation: software for selection of reference and variable candidate genes for RT-qPCR.

Márcio Wilson Dias de Brito, Stephanie Serafim de Carvalho, Maria Beatriz Dos Santos Mota, Rafael Dias Mesquita

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Article in BMC genomics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Márcio Wilson Dias de Brito *Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Computacional e Sistemas, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Stephanie Serafim de Carvalho *Instituto de Bioquímica Médica Leopoldo de Meis, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Maria Beatriz Dos Santos MotaRioGen Tecnologia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Rafael Dias MesquitaPrograma de Pós-graduação em Biologia Computacional e Sistemas, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. rdmesquita@iq.ufrj.br.

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Flow Dependent Development and Maintenance of Schlemm's CanalR21EY026260 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI HONG, YOUNG-KWON · 2016 to 2017
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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico 465678/2014-9Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro E-26/260.004/2021
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Abstract

backgroundReal-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) is one of the most widely used gene expression analyses for validating RNA-seq data. This technique requires reference genes that are stable and highly expressed, at least across the different biological conditions present in the transcriptome. Reference and variable candidate gene selection is often neglected, leading to misinterpretation of the results.

resultsWe developed a software named "Gene Selector for Validation" (GSV), which identifies the best reference and variable candidate genes for validation within a quantitative transcriptome. This tool also filters the candidate genes concerning the RT-qPCR assay detection limit. GSV was compared with other software using synthetic datasets and performed better, removing stable low-expression genes from the reference candidate list and creating the variable-expression validation list. GSV software was used on a real case, an Aedes aegypti transcriptome. The top GSV reference candidate genes were selected for RT-qPCR analysis, confirming that eiF1A and eiF3j were the most stable genes tested. The tool also confirmed that traditional mosquito reference genes were less stable in the analyzed samples, highlighting the possibility of inappropriate choices. A meta-transcriptome dataset with more than ninety thousand genes was also processed successfully.

conclusionThe GSV tool is a time and cost-effective tool that can be used to select reference and validation candidate genes from the biological conditions present in transcriptomic data.

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Real-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionReference StandardsSoftwareAnimalsGene Expression ProfilingRNA-SeqTranscriptomeAedes aegyptiGene expressionReference genesRNA-seqRT-qPCRTranscriptome validation

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