Title
NASA GeneLab RNA-Seq Consensus Pipeline: Standardized Processing of Short-Read RNA-Seq Data
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2021
Publication Title
iScience
Volume Number
24
Issue Number
4
DOI
10.1016/j.isci.2021.102361
Abstract
With the development of transcriptomic technologies, we are able to quantify precise changes in gene expression profiles from astronauts and other organisms exposed to spaceflight. Members of NASA GeneLab and GeneLab-associated analysis working groups (AWGs) have developed a consensus pipeline for analyzing short-read RNA-sequencing data from spaceflight-associated experiments. The pipeline includes quality control, read trimming, mapping, and gene quantification steps, culminating in the detection of differentially expressed genes. This data analysis pipeline and the results of its execution using data submitted to GeneLab are now all publicly available through the GeneLab database. We present here the full details and rationale for the construction of this pipeline in order to promote transparency, reproducibility, and reusability of pipeline data; to provide a template for data processing of future spaceflight-relevant datasets; and to encourage cross-analysis of data from other databases with the data available in GeneLab.
ISSN
2589-0042
Recommended Citation
Wolverton, Chris; Overbey, Eliah G.; Saravia-Butler, Amanda M.; Zhang, Zhe; Rathi, Komal S.; Fogle, Homer; and da Silveira, Willian A., "NASA GeneLab RNA-Seq Consensus Pipeline: Standardized Processing of Short-Read RNA-Seq Data" (2021). Biological Sciences Faculty Work. 7.
https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/biosci_pubs/7
Link Out URL
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.102361