Abstract
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate multiple transcripts and thus shape the expression landscape of a cell. Information about miRNA expression and distribution across cell types is crucial for the understanding of miRNAs’ functions and their translational applications as biomarkers or therapeutic targets. In this study, we identify cell-type-specific miRNAs by combining multiple correspondence analysis and Gini coefficients to dissect miRNAs’ expression profiles and chromatin activity score profiles, which results in collections of chromatin activity-specific miRNAs in 91 cell types and expression-specific miRNAs in 124 cell types. Moreover, we find that cell-type-specific miRNAs are closely associated with disease miRNAs, such as T-cell-specific miRNAs, which are closely associated with cancer prognosis. Finally, we constructed mirCellType, an online tool based on cell-type-specific miRNA signatures, to dissect the cell type composition of complex samples with miRNA expression profiles.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Subject
Inorganic Chemistry,Organic Chemistry,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,Computer Science Applications,Spectroscopy,Molecular Biology,General Medicine,Catalysis
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