Establishment of a comparative transcriptomics database of coronavirus infected animal models
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Institute of Laboratory Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) & Comparative Medicine Center, Peking Union Medical Collage (PUMC), NHC Key Laboratory of Human Disease Comparative Medicine, Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Models of Emerging and Reemerging Infectious, Beijing Engineering Research Center for Experimental Animal Models of Human Critical Diseases, Key Laboratory of Human Diseases Animal Model, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100021, China

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    Objective To establish a comparative transcriptomics database of coronavirus infected animal models, explain the similarities and differences between human and animal models of coronavirus infection at the gene expression level, and provide evidence-based support for animal experiments and clinical research. Methods We downloaded coronavirus (mainly severe acute respiratory syndrome coronaviru, SARS-CoV; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, SARS-CoV-2 and middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus, MERS-CoV) infected animal models and human gene expression profiles from the Gene Expression Omnibus ( GEO) and ArrayExpress databases, performed quality control, standardization, and removal of the batch-effect, analyzed differential gene expression of different species, cells, or tissues infected by some virus subtypes of above coronavirus, constructed a database based on the Django web application framework, established retrieval interface, data analysis and visualization tools. Results We established a comparative transcriptomics database of coronavirus infected animal models based on 43 datasets, comprising 3 coronaviruses, 4 species, 14 tissues/ cells, and 2373 samples. The database includes gene expressions of different species, virus strains, infection times, titers, and cells/ tissues. In addition, we developed bioinformatics analysis tools to enable the analysis of differential genes and to predict the enrichment of molecular functions, pathways, and effects on cells. Conclusions In this study, we established a comparative transcriptomics database of coronavirus infected animal models that provides data resources and analysis tools for the study of coronavirus infected animal models under different conditions and gene expression levels.

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  • Received:November 18,2021
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  • Online: April 14,2022
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