Global gene expression profiles in H. sapiens and differentiation

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1. Microarray

Expression Profiling
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Array Printer - MicroGrid II -
Array Reader - GenePix 4000 (Axon)
Hybridized slide - Expression profiles
NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO)

NCBI Gene
OMIM


 2. Whole Human Thyroid Transcriptome Map

Human Thyroid

Human Thyroid Transcriptome Map
Building the reference gene expression profile of human thyroid
Non-thyroidal tissues used for the differential gene expression study

Study of the  differential gene expression of 26,750 loci (thyroid vs. non-thyroidal tissues = A vs. B).
For example, an A/B ratio of  10 indicates that the gene RNA is 10 times more abundant in the thyroid compared to non-thyroidal tissues.
Fo example, an A/B ratio of  0.1 indicates that the gene RNA is 10 times more abundant in the non-thyroidal tissues compared to thyroid.
Loci whose symbol begins with FLJ, Hs., LOC are uncharacterized and could be genes to be discovered.

Search in NCBI Gene the "Gene name" (gene symbol) of genes highly overexpressed in the thyroid compared to non-thyroidal tissues.
2.1 Are the functions of these genes consistent with the known biology of the thyroid (structure and function)?
2.2 Searching these gene symbols in OMIM, can phenotypes associated with mutations of these genes be found?