Loss of Serpina1 in Mice Leads to Altered Gene Expression in Inflammatory and Metabolic Pathways
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Transcriptome Quality Control and Differential Gene Expression
2.2. Hypothesis-Free Pathway Screening
2.3. Hypothesis-Driven Pathway Analysis
2.4. Single-Cell Sequencing Data Analysis
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Animal Model
4.2. Total RNA Isolation from the Mice Livers
4.3. Transcriptome Analysis (RNA-seq)
4.4. Data Preprocessing
4.5. Gene Expression Analysis
4.6. Gene Ontology and Pathway Analysis
4.7. Single-Cell Sequencing (scSEQ) Data Analysis
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Meghadri, S.H.; Martinez-Delgado, B.; Ostermann, L.; Gomez-Mariano, G.; Perez-Luz, S.; Tumpara, S.; Wrenger, S.; DeLuca, D.S.; Maus, U.A.; Welte, T.; et al. Loss of Serpina1 in Mice Leads to Altered Gene Expression in Inflammatory and Metabolic Pathways. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23, 10425. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms231810425
Meghadri SH, Martinez-Delgado B, Ostermann L, Gomez-Mariano G, Perez-Luz S, Tumpara S, Wrenger S, DeLuca DS, Maus UA, Welte T, et al. Loss of Serpina1 in Mice Leads to Altered Gene Expression in Inflammatory and Metabolic Pathways. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2022; 23(18):10425. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms231810425
Chicago/Turabian StyleMeghadri, Sri Harsha, Beatriz Martinez-Delgado, Lena Ostermann, Gema Gomez-Mariano, Sara Perez-Luz, Srinu Tumpara, Sabine Wrenger, David S. DeLuca, Ulrich A. Maus, Tobias Welte, and et al. 2022. "Loss of Serpina1 in Mice Leads to Altered Gene Expression in Inflammatory and Metabolic Pathways" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23, no. 18: 10425. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms231810425