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Plasma Cell-free RNA Signatures of Inflammatory Syndromes in Children

GSE255555 Homo sapiens (human) RNA-seq (gene expression) 370 samples Submitted 2024/09/11 Platform GPL18573
At a glance

RNA-seq (gene expression) · human · 370 samples

What it is
RNA-seq (gene expression)Gene activity measured by sequencing. The summary does not mention single-cell work, so this is most likely bulk: one average per sample, the usual starting point for comparing groups.
Organism
Homo sapiens (human)
Samples
370 samples: 133 × Plasma cell-free RNA, RNA seq gene counts for sample: cfrna_kd vs 111 × Plasma cell-free RNA, RNA seq gene counts for sample: prevail_cu_cfrnaGroups are read from the sample names, not from the paper. Check the list below.
Data you can get
A processed table (series matrix) and supplementary files from NCBI; the raw sequencing reads from ENA. Which of these hold counts depends on the study, so check the file list.
Paper
Plasma cell-free RNA signatures of inflammatory syndromes in childrenProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
Summary (written by the submitters)
Inflammatory syndromes, including those caused by infection, are a major cause of hospital admissions among children and are often misdiagnosed because of a lack of advanced molecular diagnostic tools. In this study, we explored the utility of circulating cell-free RNA (cfRNA) in plasma as an analyte for the differential diagnosis and characterization of pediatric inflammatory syndromes.
Read the full summary ↓
We profiled cfRNA in 370 plasma samples from pediatric patients with a range of inflammatory conditions, including Kawasaki disease (KD), Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), viral infections and bacterial infections. We developed machine learning models based on these cfRNA profiles, which effectively differentiated KD from MIS-C — two conditions presenting with overlapping symptoms — with high performance (Test Area Under the Curve (AUC) = 0.97). We further extended this methodology into a multiclass machine learning framework that achieved 81% accuracy in distinguishing among KD, MIS-C, viral, and bacterial infections. We further demonstrated that cfRNA profiles can be used to quantify injury to specific tissues and organs, including the liver, heart, endothelium, nervous system, and the upper respiratory tract. Overall, this study identified cfRNA as a versatile analyte for the differential diagnosis and characterization of a wide range of pediatric inflammatory syndromes.
Published in
Plasma cell-free RNA signatures of inflammatory syndromes in children
Loy CJ, Servellita V, Sotomayor-Gonzalez A et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2024 · PMID 39240972 · doi:10.1073/pnas.2403897121
This dataset
Download · which file do I need?

Direct links to NCBI and ENA, no account and no request form. Pick by what you want to do: take the small processed table to look, the supplementary files to re-analyse, or the original raw data to start over.

1 · Just have a look

Processed table

The series matrix: one table of values per sample as the submitters processed it. The smallest download, and it opens in Excel or R. Start here to see what the data look like.

2 · Re-analyse it

Supplementary files

The count tables and other files the authors uploaded. Take only the samples you need, or the whole study as GSE255555_RAW.tar (it can run to tens of gigabytes).

3 · Start from the raw reads

Raw sequencing reads

The original FASTQ files, straight from the sequencer, held at ENA. Large, and you align them yourself, so only choose this if you need to re-process the study from scratch.

What the files usually look like: For RNA-seq the counts are usually a table among the supplementary files (look for 'counts', 'expression', 'FPKM' or 'TPM' in the file name). The series matrix of a sequencing study is sometimes nearly empty.

Also filed as BioProject PRJNA1075432. Searching any of these in the dataset finder brings you back here.

Study design
133 × Plasma cell-free RNA, RNA seq gene counts for sample: cfrna_kd vs 111 × Plasma cell-free RNA, RNA seq gene counts for sample: prevail_cu_cfrna

Supports a between-group comparison across 244 samples.

How we read this: 2 replicated groups read from 370 sample titles; they account for 244 of them. These groups are guessed from the sample names, not taken from the paper, so check them against the sample list below before relying on them.

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