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Table 2 Study characteristics including Journal names, sequencing platforms and authors home countries

From: RNA-seq research landscape in Africa: systematic review reveals disparities and opportunities

References

Journal

Sequencing platform

Statistical method

Downstream analyses method

FDR/Padj cutoff

Africa-specific DEGs

Corresponding author

First author

Last author

Abate, Ambrosio [34]

PLoS Pathogen

Illumina HiScan SQ

SAVI algorithm

Characterization tumor microbiome with Pandora

N/A

MYC, ID3, TCF3, DDX3X, CCND3, TP53

USA, Italy

USA

USA

Ansari-Pour, Zheng [23]

Nature Communication

Illumina HiSeq2000

DESeq2

Somatic variant calling with Platypus

< 0.05

SYPL1, ZNF217, LAMB3, TP53, P1K3CA, GATA3, KMT2C

UK, USA

UK

USA

Chama, Amadi [35]

EBioMedicine

Illumina HiSeq2000

NOIseq

Pathway enrichment analyses with DAVID

N/A

DUOX2, DUOXA2, MUC1, SAA1, SAA2 SAA4, CXCL5

Zambia, UK

Zambia

Zambia, UK

Cummings, Bakamutumaho [25]

BMC Critical Care

Illumina HiSeq4000

DESeq2

Ingenuity pathway analysis

≤ 0.01

STAT3, PPAR, CD28, Nur77, OX40

USA

USA

USA

Duffy, Du [36]

BMC Malaria Journal

Illumina HiSeq2000

Limma

Gene-set enrichment analysis with fgsea R package

< 0.05

CKAP2L, DTL, EZH2, HJURP, NCAPH, NUSAP1, RRM2, SPAG5

USA

USA

USA

Dupnik, Reust [37]

Infection and Immunity

Illumina HiSeq4000

DESeq2

Ingenuity pathway analysis

≤ 0.05

CDKN2A, NDRG4, MIB2, NEURL, CTR9, HSF2, ELP2, WDR82, HDAC9

USA

USA

Tanzania, USA

Estévez, Anibarro [38]

Frontiers Immunology

Ion Torrent Proton Sequencer

DESeq2

Pathway enrichment analyses with Reactome, Machine Learning-Based Class-Prediction Analysis

< 0.05

C1QC, ADAMTS2, C1QB, METTL7B, DEFA3, PRR15, PRTNG

Spain

Spain

Spain

Fedoriw, Selitsky [39]

Nature Modern Pathology

Illumina HiSeq2000

ConsensusClusterPlus

Gene-set enrichment analysis with MSigDB,

< 0.1

N/A

USA

USA

USA, Malawi

Fisher, Smith [40]

Journal of Clinical Virology

Illumina MiSeq

N/A

Drug resistance mutational analyses

N/A

K103N, V106A, Y181C, K65R

South Africa

South Africa

South Africa

Hatem, Hjort [41]

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Illumina Nextseq 500

edgeR

Gene-set enrichment analysis with Kolmogorov–Smirnov tests

< 0.05

LCORL, P2RX7, PIK3C2B, NUMBL, A2ML1, GPNMB, NUMBL, P2RX7, PIK3C2B, ADAMTSL5, ITGAD, NLRP1, PKD1L2

Sweden

Sweden

Sweden

Mahady, Kanabar [42]

Functional Foods in Health and Disease

Illumina NovaSeq 6000

edgeR

Gene ontology analyses with edgeR

≤ 0.05

PLGLB2, HCRT, TACR2, AXIN2, DRD1, ID2, RIMS2, CC2D2B,

SP5, MISP

USA

USA

USA

Kaymaz, Oduor [29]

Molecular Cancer Research

Illumina HiSeq2000

DESeq2

Gene-set enrichment analysis with MSigDB, single nucleotide variation detection with GATK

< 0.1

CD19, CD20, CD10, CD79A/B, BCL6

USA

USA

USA

Kelly, Amadi [43]

EBioMedicine

Illumina HiSeq2000

NOIseq

Ingenuity pathway analysis

< 0.02

PRSS1, PRSS3, CPA2, CPA3, TMPRSS15, DPP4, GGT1

USA

UK, Zambia

USA

Lai, Cortes [44]

American Society for Microbiology Journals

Illumina HiSeq 2500

DESeq2

Ingenuity pathway analysis

< 0.1

CD8A, EOMES, LAG3, KLRC4-KLRK1, POU2AF1, FAIM3, KLRK1

South Africa, UK

UK

South Africa, UK

Popescu, Tembo [45]

Gates Open Research

Illumina HiSeq 2500

DESeq2

Ingenuity pathway analysis

< 0.1

PML, SOCS1, TICAM1, APOL1, GRINA, RMI2, ZBP1, IL27

Canada

Canada

Canada

Lidenge, Kossenkov [46]

PLoS Pathogens

Illumina Nextseq 500

DESeq2

Ingenuity pathway analysis

< 0.05

TLR8, MMP13, TMOD2. KCNQ3, ADAMTS1, CD8A, MCTP1, CEP19

USA

Tanzania, USA

USA

Liu, Speranza [47]

Genome Biology

Illumina HiSeq 2500

edgeR

Ingenuity pathway analysis

< 0.05

CXCL10, CCL2/MCP-1, CCL8/MCP2, CXCL11

UK

UK

UK

Lombardo, Coffey [48]

Blood Advances

Illumina HiSeq

DESeq2

Variant calling with GATK

N/A

ID3, TP53, SMARCA4, ZNF587, FOXO1

USA

USA

USA

Mulindwa, Matovu [49]

BMC Medical Genomics

Illumina NextSeq500

DESeq2

Pathway enrichment analyses with DAVID

< 0.1

C4BPA, FBN2, PROS1, TFPI, LAMC1, MYL9, RBPJ

Uganda

Uganda

Germany

Panea, Love [50]

Blood Advances

Illumina HiSeq 2500

Custom scripts

Copy number variation analysis with GATK4

N/A

IGLL5, BACH2, BTG2, BCL6, BCL7A, TCL1A, IRF8, CXCR4, ZFP36L1, and S1PR2

USA

USA

USA

Wichers, Tonkin-Hill [51]

Elife

Illumina HiSeq 2500

Limma

Functional enrichment analysis with gprofiler

< 0.05

MSP1, MSP2, MSP4, MSP10, EBA175, REX1, AMA1

Germany

Germany

Germany

Vlasova-St Louis, Musubire [52]

BMC Medical Genomics

Illumina HiSeq 2500

Cufflinks

Ingenuity pathway analysis

< 0.05

C1QA, C1QB, C1QC, CFD, CXCL1, CXCR1, ICAM1, IL6, IL8, IL11

USA

USA

USA

Tso, Kossenkov [53]

PLoS Pathogens

Illumina HiSeq 2500

DESeq2

Ingenuity pathway analysis

< 0.05

SEPT1, GPR182, MYLK2, COL10A1, NOS2, PROX1, CD177, MMP9, ADAM19, PALD1, ITGA9, TIE1

USA

USA

USA

Tran, Jones [54]

Scientific Reports

Illumina HiSeq2000

edgeR

Ingenuity pathway analysis

< 0.05

IL1RN, MAPK1, TRIM24, NKX2-3, TNF, IL1B, RELA, NFKB1A

USA

USA

USA

Silterra, Gillette [55]

The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Illumina HiSeq 2500

Support vector machine (SVM)

SVM modeling

N/A

N/A

USA

USA

USA

Schmitz, Young [56]

Nature

Illumina HiSeq2000

N/A

Mutational profiling, Gene copy number analysis

N/A

MYC, ID3, DDX3X, TCF3, SMARCA4, NCOR2, GNA13, MKI67, EXOSC6, WDR90

USA

USA

USA

Rothen, Murie [57]

PLoS One

Illumina HiSeq2000

edgeR

Hypergeometric gene testing with GeneOverlap R package

< 0.05

CSP, LSA-1, EXP-1, M143, M144, M147, M230, M237

Switzerland

Switzerland

USA

Rose, Bruce [58]

PLoS Pathogens

Illumina HiSeq 2500

N/A

Phylogenetic analysis

N/A

N/A

USA

USA

USA

  1. NA means not reported