Abstract
Next-generation sequencing approaches, in particular RNA-seq, provide a genome-wide expression profiling allowing the identification of novel and rare transcripts such as long noncoding RNAs (lncRNA). Many RNA-seq studies have now been performed aimed at the characterization of lncRNAs and their possible involvement in cell development and differentiation in different organisms, cell types, and tissues. The adaptive immune system is an extraordinary context for the study of the role of lncRNAs in differentiation. Indeed lncRNAs seem to be key drivers in governing flexibility and plasticity of both CD8+ and CD4+ T cell, together with lineage-specific transcription factors and cytokines, acting as fine-tuners of fate choices in T cell differentiation.
We describe here a pipeline for the identification of lncRNAs starting from RNA-Seq raw data.
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Ranzani, V. et al. (2017). Next-Generation Sequencing Analysis of Long Noncoding RNAs in CD4+ T Cell Differentiation. In: Lugli, E. (eds) T-Cell Differentiation. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1514. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6548-9_14
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