Single-Cell RNA-Seq Reveals Heterogeneous lncRNA Expression in Xenografted Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Methods and Materials
2.1. Sample Preparation
2.2. Quality Control
2.3. Principle Component Selection and Clustering
2.4. Cluster Characterisation and lncRNA Identification
3. Results
3.1. Quality Control
3.2. Cluster Characterisation
3.3. Significantly Upregulated lncRNAs
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
RNA | Ribonucleic acid |
RNA-seq | RNA sequencing |
stdev | Standard Deviation |
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T1 Cluster | T2 Cluster | % Markers in Assigned Cluster |
---|---|---|
0 | 2 | 72% |
1 | Undetermined | - |
2 | 0 | 71% |
3 | 5 | 67% |
4 | 4 | 92% |
Undetermined | 1 | - |
Undetermined | 3 | - |
LncRNA | Identified in: | Log2FC | Adjusted p-Value | Cluster |
---|---|---|---|---|
MALAT1 | T1, T2 | 1.1, 1.4 | 9.75 × 10−04, 1.60 × 10−16 | 0, 1 |
LOC107986152 | T1, T2 | 0.76, 1.2 | 3.22 × 10−02, 1.02 × 10−11 | 0, 3 |
LINC01615 | T1 | 1.07 | 1.12 × 10−07 | 3 |
CYTOR | T1 | 0.76 | 2.51 × 10−04 | 2 |
LOC107986265 | T2 | 0.93 | 1.33 × 10−04 | 3 |
MANCR | T2 | 0.32 | 1.91 × 10−03 | 0 |
NEAT1 | T2 | 0.70 | 3.54 × 10−03 | 1 |
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Pinkney, H.R.; Black, M.A.; Diermeier, S.D. Single-Cell RNA-Seq Reveals Heterogeneous lncRNA Expression in Xenografted Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells. Biology 2021, 10, 987. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10100987
Pinkney HR, Black MA, Diermeier SD. Single-Cell RNA-Seq Reveals Heterogeneous lncRNA Expression in Xenografted Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells. Biology. 2021; 10(10):987. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10100987
Chicago/Turabian StylePinkney, Holly R., Michael A. Black, and Sarah D. Diermeier. 2021. "Single-Cell RNA-Seq Reveals Heterogeneous lncRNA Expression in Xenografted Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells" Biology 10, no. 10: 987. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10100987