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Serial Analysis of Gene Expression as a Tool to Assess the Human Thyroid Expression Profile and to Identify Novel Thyroidal Genes¹

Laboratory of Pediatric Endocrinology (E.P., J.C.M., M.T., J.J.M.d.V., C.R.-S.) and Neurozintuigen Laboratory (F.B.), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1100 DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Address correspondence and requests for reprints to: E. Pauws, Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands. E-mail: E.Pauws{at}AMC.UVA.NL

The assessment of the expression profile of normal human thyroid tissue using serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) generated a collection of 10,994 sequence transcripts (tags). Each tag represented a messenger RNA transcript, and, in total, 6099 different tags could be distinguished. The presence and abundance of thyroid-specific transcripts showed the overall expression profile to be from a normal thyroid cell. The expression level of several transcripts was confirmed on Northern blot. Seventy percent of tags could not be attributed to a known human gene and, therefore, possibly correspond to novel genes putatively involved in thyroid function. The tag sequence generated by the SAGE technique can be used to further characterize these novel genes. In this way, application of the SAGE technique to thyroid tissue gives insight in the expression profile of a normal thyroid gland and provides the information to characterize novel genes involved in thyroid pathology, such as congenital hypothyroidism and thyroid neoplasia.

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