Gene expression profiles in neurological tissues during West Nile virus infection: a critical meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Infections with the West Nile virus (WNV) can attack neurological tissues in the host and alter gene expression levels therein. Several individual studies have analyzed these changes in the transcriptome based on measurements with DNA microarrays. Individual microarray studies produce a high-dimensional data structure with the number of studied genes exceeding the available sample size by far. Therefore, the level of scientific evidence of these studies is rather low and results can remain uncertain. Furthermore, the individual studies concentrate on different types of tissues or different time points after infection. A general statement regarding the transcriptional changes through WNV infection in neurological tissues is therefore hard to make. We screened public datab

SUBMITTER: Kosch R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6044103 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature