Endocrine oncology

Comprehensive Long-Read Sequencing Analysis Discloses the Transcriptome Features of Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma

J Clin Endocrinol MetabPublished Transcriptome sequencing study

Authors' conclusion

Our data provided the global transcriptome landscape of PTMC and also revealed the novel isoforms that associated with PTMC aggressiveness.

Study context

Population
Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) samples
Participants
64 PTMC samples
Comparison
pN1b vs pN0 PTMC subtypes
Outcome
PTMC transcriptome landscape
Methodological detailsfull-length (long-read) transcriptome sequencing
  • Full-length (long-read) transcriptome sequencing

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

Skipping exons share of alternative splicing events

more than 27.82%

Discovered transcripts that were novel isoforms of annotated genes

At least 42.56%

Open reading frame (ORFs) in novel transcripts

39 193

ORFs in known transcripts

18 596

Further findings

OutcomepN0pN1b
Differentially expressed genes10331204

Differentially expressed genes

Novel isoforms of FRMD3, NOD1 and SHROOM4 associated with pN1b subtype

Original publication

Comprehensive Long-Read Sequencing Analysis Discloses the Transcriptome Features of Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. Published 1 December 2023. doi:10.1210/clinem/dgad695

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