RNA extraction was performed using the
AllPrep DNA/RNA Mini Kit (Qiagen, Venlo, Germany). Libraries for RNA next-generation sequencing were generated by
TruSeq mRNA (Illumina) and sequenced on an Illumina
NovaSeq 6000 with 2 × 150 bp and 30 Mio read pairs per sample. Reads were aligned to the human genome (
Homo sapiens GRCh38) using STAR software v. 2.6 [12 (
link),13 (
link)].
Mapped reads were counted with HTSeq [13 (
link)]. Read counts were normalized with DESeq2 for sequencing depth and RNA composition using the median of ratios method. [14 (
link)].
A complete analysis of transcriptomic data will be published elsewhere (manuscript in preparation).