Cytokine and Antibody Based Diagnostic Algorithms for Sputum Culture-Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis. by Tao Chen, Jinfei Lin, Wei Wang, Joy Fleming, Liang Chen, Yunxia Wang, Haicheng Li, Huixin Guo, Jie Zhou, Xunxun Chen, Yuhui Chen, Qinghua Liao, Yang Shu, Yaoju Tan, Meiling Yu, Guozhou Li, Lin Zhou, Qiu Zhong, Lijun Bi, Lina Guo, Meigui Zhao

“…TB-related cytokines and TB-specific antibodies were detected in parallel with microarray technology. The diagnostic performance of the new protocol for active TB was systematically compared with other traditional methods.…”
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Knockdown of A-kinase anchor protein 4 inhibits proliferation of triple-negative breast cancer cells and by Nirmala Jagadish, Sonika Devi, Namita Gupta, Vitusha Suri, Anil Suri

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A systems biological approach reveals multiple crosstalk mechanism between gram-positive and negative bacterial infections: an insight into core mechanism and unique molecular sign... by R Muthukumar, V Alexandar, Berla Thangam, Shiek S S J Ahmed

“…Further, to identify candidate molecules, the TLRs specific nodes were prioritized using microarray differential expressed genes. Of the top prioritized TLR 2 molecules, 70% were co-expressed. …”
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Performance and clinical implications of non-invasive prenatal testing for rare chromosomal abnormalities: a retrospective study of 94,125 cases by Haimei Qi, Haijun Chen, Zhuling Zhang, Jinhui Gan, Huifeng Liu, Xianping Yuan, Fuyu Luo, Junkun Chen, Shichun Shen

“…BackgroundNon-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) has demonstrated robust performance in detecting common trisomies and copy number variations. …”
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Unravelling the Impact of an Additional Sex Chromosome in an Adult Female by Sigin George, Vikas Dagar, Barun Kumar Chakrabarty, N. Nagaraja

“…Interphase fluorescence in situ hybridisation was performed to confirm the diagnosis. Chromosomal microarray, which is a more expensive test, substantiated the presence of additional X chromosomes but failed to detect the presence of low level of mosaicism. …”
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Integrative Analysis of Clinical and Bioinformatics Databases to Reveal the Role of Peripheral Innate Immunity in Kawasaki Disease by Hongjun Ba, Lili Zhang, Huimin Peng, Jixun Lin, Youzhen Qin, Yao Wang

“…In this study, we analyzed public single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) and microarray data of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from normal controls and KD patients. …”
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Transcription Analysis of the Myometrium of Labouring and Non-Labouring Women. by Gemma C Sharp, James L Hutchinson, Nanette Hibbert, Tom C Freeman, Philippa T K Saunders, Jane E Norman

“…Appropriate analysis of large microarray experiments that compare gene expression in non-labouring and labouring gestational tissues is necessary to help bridge these gaps in our knowledge. …”
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Genomic copy number variants: evidence for association with antibody response to anthrax vaccine adsorbed. by Michael I Falola, Howard W Wiener, Nathan E Wineinger, Gary R Cutter, Robert P Kimberly, Jeffrey C Edberg, Donna K Arnett, Richard A Kaslow, Jianming Tang, Sadeep Shrestha

“…Antibodies to protective antigen were measured at week 8 (early response) and week 30 (peak response) using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. We used DNA microarray data (Affymetrix 6.0) and two CNV detection algorithms, hidden markov model (PennCNV) and circular binary segmentation (GeneSpring) to determine CNVs in all individuals. …”
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Sequential prenatal diagnosis of fetal skeletal dysplasia: A cohort study by Mengting Jiang, Bin Zhang, Jing Wang, Wei Qiao, Xiuzhen Mao, Bin Yu

“…Abstract Introduction Genetic factors are considered to be the main factors leading to fetal skeletal dysplasia (SD), and chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) has been used clinically for the detection of SD fetuses. …”
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Nanopore-based random genomic sampling for intraoperative molecular diagnosis by Francesco E. Emiliani, Abdol Aziz Ould Ismail, Edward G. Hughes, Gregory J. Tsongalis, George J. Zanazzi, Chun-Chieh Lin

“…Results In our retrospective cohort of 26 malignant brain tumors, iSCORED demonstrated 100% concordance in CNV detection, including chromosomal alterations and oncogene amplifications, when compared to clinically validated assays such as Next-Generation Sequencing and Chromosomal Microarray. …”
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Identification and Validation of a Potential Marker of Tissue Quality Using Gene Expression Analysis of Human Colorectal Tissue. by Nicole Lange, Florian T Unger, Monika Schöppler, Katja Pursche, Hartmut Juhl, Kerstin A David

“…Normal colorectal tissue and CRC tissue was analyzed using microarray and quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR). Comparing changes in gene expression between pre- and post-surgical tissue using microarray analysis identified a list of potential tissue quality biomarkers and this list was validated using qPCR. …”
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Renal tissue thawed for 30 minutes is still suitable for gene expression analysis. by Yi Ma, Xiao-Nan Kang, Wen-Bin Ding, Hao-Zheng Yang, Ye Wang, Jin Zhang, Yi-Ran Huang, Hui-Li Dai

“…We aim to evaluate the effects of thawing at room temperature for different time periods on gene expression analysis. …”
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AgileMultiIdeogram: Rapid Identification and Visualization of Autozygous Regions Using Illumina Short-Read Sequencing Data by Christopher M. Watson, Carolina Lascelles, Morag Raynor, Marilena Elpidorou, Ummey Hany, Laura Crinnion, Colin A. Johnson, Eamonn Sheridan, Alexander F. Markham, James A. Poulter, David T. Bonthron, Ian M. Carr

“…A well-established and effective way of identifying these “autozygous” genomic regions has been to search for runs of homozygous genotypes in microarray SNP data. …”
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Comparative linkage meta-analysis reveals regionally-distinct, disparate genetic architectures: application to bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. by Brady Tang, Tricia Thornton-Wells, Kathleen D Askland

“…Since it is likely a majority of common variants of modest effect have been identified through the application of tagSNP-based microarray platforms (i.e., GWAS), alternative approaches robust to detection of low-frequency (1-5% MAF) and rare (<1%) variants are of great importance. …”
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Over-expression of either MECP2_e1 or MECP2_e2 in neuronally differentiated cells results in different patterns of gene expression. by Marija Orlic-Milacic, Liana Kaufman, Anna Mikhailov, Aaron Y L Cheung, Huda Mahmood, James Ellis, Peter J Gianakopoulos, Berge A Minassian, John B Vincent

“…DOCK8 was shown via microarray and qRT-PCR to be upregulated in both SK-N-SH cells and mouse fibroblasts. …”
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The expression levels of CYP3A4 and CYP3A5 serve as potential prognostic biomarkers in lung adenocarcinoma by Mao Qixing, Xu Juqing, Wang Yajing, Dong Gaochao, Xia Wenjie, Shi Run, Wang Anpeng, Xu Lin, Jiang Feng, Wang Jun

“…The expression of CYP3A4, together with CYP3A5, was detected by the chip data from Gene Expression Omnibus datasets and immunohistochemistry staining of the tissue microarray. …”
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Profiling of Circulating Cell-free DNA Methylation Patterns Identifies Aberrant Methylated CTBP1 Promotor Sites for Prediction of Alzheimer’s Disease by Zhiwu Dong, Kewen Zhao, Hongjun Gu, Wenwei Yang, Xin Zhang

“…The R Bioconductor Linear Models for Microarray Data (LIMMA) package was employed to identify methylation variable positions (MVPs), and Probe Lasso was used to pinpoint differentially methylated regions (DMRs) linked to AD. …”
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RNA-Seq profiling reveals novel hepatic gene expression pattern in aflatoxin B1 treated rats. by B Alex Merrick, Dhiral P Phadke, Scott S Auerbach, Deepak Mav, Suzy M Stiegelmeyer, Ruchir R Shah, Raymond R Tice

“…PCA and cluster analysis of DEGs showed clear separation between AFB1 and CTRL treatments and concordance among group replicates. qPCR of eight high and medium DEGs and three low DEGs showed good comparability among RNA-Seq and microarray transcripts. DESeq analysis identified 1,026 differentially expressed transcripts at greater than two-fold change (p<0.005) compared to 626 transcripts by microarray due to base pair resolution of transcripts by RNA-Seq, probe placement within transcripts or an absence of probes to detect novel transcripts, splice variants and exons. …”
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An Ensemble Classification Method for High-Dimensional Data Using Neighborhood Rough Set by Jing Zhang, Guang Lu, Jiaquan Li, Chuanwen Li

“…Mining useful knowledge from high-dimensional data is a hot research topic. Efficient and effective sample classification and feature selection are challenging tasks due to high dimensionality and small sample size of microarray data. …”
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The absolute number of T lymphocyte subsets is beneficial for differential diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndrome with pure red cell aplastic anemia: a case report and review of the... by Liangjun Zhang, Huixiu Zhong

“…The result of the morphological examination of bone marrow, whole-genome microarray, and bone marrow biopsy all supported the diagnosis of MDS at the first clinical diagnosis. …”
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