Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/127071
Author(s): Ferreira, PG
Muñoz-Aguirre, M
Reverter, F
Sá Godinho, C
Sousa, A
Amadoz, A
Sodaei, R
Hidalgo, M
Pervouchine, D
Carbonell-Caballero, J
Nurtdinov, R
Breschi, A
Amador, R
Oliveira, P
Çubuk, C
Curado, J
Aguet, F
Oliveira, C
Dopazo, J
Sammeth, M
Ardlie, K
Guigó, R
Title: The effects of death and post-mortem cold ischemia on human tissue transcriptomes
Publisher: Nature
Issue Date: 2018
Abstract: Post-mortem tissues samples are a key resource for investigating patterns of gene expression. However, the processes triggered by death and the post-mortem interval (PMI) can significantly alter physiologically normal RNA levels. We investigate the impact of PMI on gene expression using data from multiple tissues of post-mortem donors obtained from the GTEx project. We find that many genes change expression over relatively short PMIs in a tissue-specific manner, but this potentially confounding effect in a biological analysis can be minimized by taking into account appropriate covariates. By comparing ante- and post-mortem blood samples, we identify the cascade of transcriptional events triggered by death of the organism. These events do not appear to simply reflect stochastic variation resulting from mRNA degradation, but active and ongoing regulation of transcription. Finally, we develop a model to predict the time since death from the analysis of the transcriptome of a few readily accessible tissues.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/127071
Source: Nature Communications, vol.9(1):490
Related Information: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/SFRH/SFRH%2FBPD%2F89764%2F2012/PT
Document Type: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
Rights: openAccess
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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