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Haase, K.* ; Mösch, A.* ; Frishman, D.

Differential expression analysis of human endogenous retroviruses based on ENCODE RNA-seq data.

BMC Med. Genomics 8:71 (2015)
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Background: Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) are flanked by long terminal repeats (LTRs), which possess promoter activity and can therefore influence the expression of neighboring genes. HERV involvement in different types of cancer has already been thoroughly documented. However, so far there has been no systematic study of HERV expression patterns in a multitude of cell types in health and disease. In particular, the publication of the comprehensive ENCODE dataset has already facilitated many gene expression studies, but none so far focusing exclusively on HERVs. Results: We present a comprehensive differential analysis of HERV expression based on ENCODE Tier 1 and Tier 2 RNA-seq data produced by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories and the California Institute of Technology. This analysis was conducted for individual HERV loci and for entire HERV families in twelve different cell lines, of which six correspond to the normal condition and the other six represent cancer cell types. Although the principal component analysis revealed that the two groups of cells show distinguishable expression patterns, we were not able to link these differences to one or multiple particular HERV families. Two samples exhibit expression patterns, which are not similar to the corresponding cell lines of the other producing lab. Instead they show signs of cancer formation and expression of the pluripotency marker HERVH, despite being classified as a normal cell line and a differentiated cell, respectively. Conclusions: Our study demonstrates that ENCODE data are generally comparable between the different contributing labs and that the analysis of HERV elements can provide novel insights into differentiation and disease state of a cell that are easily overlooked when focusing on protein-coding genes. Our findings hint at a change in HERV expression during cancerogenesis.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter Cancer ; Gene Expression ; Next-generation Sequencing
Sprache englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr 2015
HGF-Berichtsjahr 2015
e-ISSN 1755-8794
Zeitschrift BMC Medical Genomics
Quellenangaben Band: 8, Heft: , Seiten: , Artikelnummer: 71 Supplement: ,
Verlag BioMed Central
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
POF Topic(s) 30505 - New Technologies for Biomedical Discoveries
Forschungsfeld(er) Enabling and Novel Technologies
PSP-Element(e) G-503700-001
PubMed ID 26530187
Scopus ID 84945901609
Erfassungsdatum 2015-11-13