Reagent (Roche Applied Science, Indianapolis, IN, USA). The RNeasy Mini Kit
(Qiagen, Valencia, CA, USA) was used for clean-up according to the
manufacturer's instructions. RNA-Seq from 74 canine HSA tissues is
published (17 (link),21 (link),32 (link),33 (link)) and an additional data set was
generated from two canine HSA tissues and from 10 non-malignant splenic hematoma
tissues. Total RNA was also extracted from 13 human AS tissues and from six
normal tissues. Two μg of total RNA from each sample were quantified and
assessed for quality; RNA-Seq libraries were generated as described (21 (link)) using the TruSeq RNA sample preparation
kit (Illumina Inc., San Diego, CA). Sequencing was performed using HiSeq 2000 or
2500 systems (Illumina Inc.). Each sample was sequenced to a targeted depth of
20 – 80 million paired-end reads with mate-pair distance of 50 bp.
Primary analysis and demultiplexing were performed using CASAVA software version
1.8.2 (Illumina Inc.) to verify the quality of the sequence data. The end result
of the CASAVA workflow was demultiplexed into FASTQ files for analysis.
Bioanalyzer quality control and RNA-Seq were performed at the University of
Minnesota Genomics Center (UMGC) or at the Broad Institute.