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Quantitative miRNA expression analysis : comparing microarrays with next-generation sequencing

Willenbrock, Hanni ; Salomon, Jesper ; Søkilde, Rolf LU orcid ; Barken, Kim Bundvig ; Hansen, Thomas Nøhr ; Nielsen, Finn Cilius ; Møller, Søren and Litman, Thomas (2009) In RNA 15(11). p.34-2028
Abstract

Recently, next-generation sequencing has been introduced as a promising, new platform for assessing the copy number of transcripts, while the existing microarray technology is considered less reliable for absolute, quantitative expression measurements. Nonetheless, so far, results from the two technologies have only been compared based on biological data, leading to the conclusion that, although they are somewhat correlated, expression values differ significantly. Here, we use synthetic RNA samples, resembling human microRNA samples, to find that microarray expression measures actually correlate better with sample RNA content than expression measures obtained from sequencing data. In addition, microarrays appear highly sensitive and... (More)

Recently, next-generation sequencing has been introduced as a promising, new platform for assessing the copy number of transcripts, while the existing microarray technology is considered less reliable for absolute, quantitative expression measurements. Nonetheless, so far, results from the two technologies have only been compared based on biological data, leading to the conclusion that, although they are somewhat correlated, expression values differ significantly. Here, we use synthetic RNA samples, resembling human microRNA samples, to find that microarray expression measures actually correlate better with sample RNA content than expression measures obtained from sequencing data. In addition, microarrays appear highly sensitive and perform equivalently to next-generation sequencing in terms of reproducibility and relative ratio quantification.

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Gene Expression, MicroRNAs, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Reproducibility of Results, Sequence Analysis, RNA, Comparative Study, Evaluation Studies, Journal Article
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RNA
volume
15
issue
11
pages
7 pages
publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHL)
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  • pmid:19745027
  • scopus:70350088369
ISSN
1355-8382
DOI
10.1261/rna.1699809
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English
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