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            Pharmacological Sciences                                              Transcriptome-based RNA sequencing




            Table 2. (Continued)
            S. No. Purpose         Study pattern  Sample type  Methodology       Justification  Year of  References
                                                                                                study
            5    Transcriptomic   To identify HBEGF+   Synovium  Thirteen datasets,   Fibroblasts in the synovial   2022  50
                 RNA-seq was used   fibroblasts and ascertain   including RNA-  fluid are believed to play a
                 in this study to   the number of HBEGF+   seq and single-cell   crucial role in controlling
                 address RA remission  fibroblasts in various   transcriptomics, were   joint homeostasis in RA.
                 mechanisms,   joint conditions (health,   used to analyze synovial   Using transcriptomic
                 provide predictive   K/BxN serum transfer   tissue in 102 patients   RNA-seq, the study found
                 biomarkers, and   arthritis (STA), and STA   with arthritis, comparing  that HBEGF+ fibroblasts
                 gain a deeper   remission), the study     gene expression between   contribute to RA remission
                 understanding of the  used two single-cell RNA   HBEGF+ and HBEGF−   and that HBEGF may
                 role played by distinct  sequencing datasets of   fibroblasts.  be a novel biomarker for
                 fibroblast populations  mouse synovial cells.               predicting RA progression.
                 in the RA process.
            6    To ascertain   The study was designed   Synovium  The study examined RNA- To improve models for   2022  51
                 whether gene–gene  to collect 10,537      seq data from 94 patients  predicting treatment
                 interactions in a   experimentally confirmed   with RA who started   response in RA, the
                 network analysis of  gene–gene interactions   methotrexate-based   study included a unique,
                 synovial samples   using four carefully   csDMARD therapy after 6  potent method known
                 obtained during   selected route libraries.   months, evaluating gene–  as transcripts micRNA-
                 the early phases   After characterizing   gene interactions through  seq, which leverages
                 of RA using   histologically defined      rigorous regression   physiologically significant
                 RNA-seq could   pathotypes in early RA    analysis.         gene–gene interactions
                 contribute to our   using synovial RNA-seq,                 through gene interaction
                 understanding of   we extracted particular                  networks.
                 the pathophysiology  gene–gene interaction
                 of RA and improve  networks and utilized
                 treatment response  these synovial-related
                 in prediction   gene–gene networks
                 models.       to predict the response
                               to methotrexate-based
                               disease-modifying
                               antirheumatic drug
                               (DMARD) therapy. Next,
                               by statistically evaluating
                               each network with robust
                               linear regression models,
                               the study revealed the
                               differential interactions
                               within each network.
            7    The aim of this   RNA-seq was used   Synovium  Samples of synovial tissue   This study identified and   2022  52
                 study was to   to determine the           were collected from nine   validated DEGs in synovial
                 gain a complete   transcriptomic patterns   patients with RA. Total RNA  tissue samples from
                 understanding   of synovial tissue        was then extracted from the  patients with RA using
                 of the patterns of   specimens from nine   synovial tissue. Total RNA   transcriptomic RNA-
                 expression across   patients with RA who   samples with RIN > 7.0   seq. It also highlighted
                 the genome in   were members of the       and 28S/18S ≥ 0.7 were   the activity of a subset
                 synovial tissue   East Asian community.   subjected to RNA-seq. Then,  of chemokine genes and
                 samples from   All identified genes       libraries were constructed   provided novel insights
                 patients with RA to  were examined using   using TruSeq Stranded   into the molecular
                 identify potential   gene set enrichment   mRNA LT Sample Prep   mechanisms of RA
                 mechanisms    analysis (GSEA), and        Kit. The Illumina HiSeq   pathogenesis. Finally,
                 regulating the onset  DE-seq was used to   ×10 platform was used for   it identified potential
                 and progression   identify differentially   assembling the libraries. The  targets for screening and
                 of RA.        expressed genes (DEGs).     accuracy of the RNA-seq   treatment.
                               Quantitative real-time      technique in detecting
                               PCR (qRT–PCR) was           DEGs was evaluated, and
                               used to verify the most     the expression levels of the
                               important hub genes.        10 identified hub genes were
                                                           quantified using qRT–PCR.
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