比如,一个课题是为了说明 BACE2 基因在癌症研究领域很重要,就可以使用两个数据库(TCGA and GTEx),做出差异和生存的图表来辅助自己的研究。
Notably, by interrogating gene expression profiling in TCGA and GTEx dataset, we found that BACE 2 is overexpressed in melanoma more than in any other cancer type (Fig EV3E) and correlates with a poor prognosis (Fig EV3F).
BACE2 expression profiling by cancer type in TCGA normal and GTEx dataset by using GEPIA software (http://gepia.cancer-pku.cn/). The gene expression profile across all tumor samples (red dots) and paired normal tissues (green dots). Each dot represents expression of samples.
如下:
GEPIA2网页工具的差异表达图
然后看生存分析
F.Overall survival analyses performed using the GEPIA online platform for melanoma dataset. The solid line represents the survival curve, and the dotted line represents the 95% confidence interval. Log‐rank P < 0.05 was considered to indicate a statistically significant difference. Patients with expression above the median are indicated by red lines, and patients with expression below the median are indicated by blue lines. BACE2 expression level (Transcript Per Million, TPM) is negatively associated with the overall survival of melanoma patients.