Sensoryomics FAQ

Sensoryomics FAQ

The Center for Advanced Pain Studies is dedicated to open science and in the spirit of that enterprise we make several datasets available to colleagues and the general public.

1) How do I search for a gene?

You can search and compare multiple genes by using the gene search bar in the upper left hand corner of the dashboard.

2) How do I download the original data for human and mouse gene expression?

The datasets used in this database were sourced from various databases and our own sequencing efforts, and quantified using the Tophat – Cufflinks pipeline, followed by FPKM-to-TPM normalization based on a set of polyA+, rRNA- geneset. For source of original RNA-seq datasets, uniform processing guidelines, meta-analysis algorithm, and downstream processing guidelines, please consult our published paper. Our paper can be accessed on Pubmed (please cite this if you use our work, do not cite the Biorxiv preprint). Code for calculating sample statistics and for the downloadable dataset as a tab separated file (TSV) can be found here. If you would like the relative abundances for all genes, for L2 DRGs from 6 individual donors, please download this.

3) How do I access the original data for the transcriptome profiling of human DRG samples with and without associated pain?

To view the full dataset, please visit the legacy site. To use our data or research in your publication, please contact Dr. Ted Price To cite our work, please cite: North, Robert; Li, Yan; Ray, Pradipta; et al; Electrophysiologic and transcriptomic correlates of neuropathic pain in human primary sensory neurons, Brain, In Press, OUP, Jan 2019.

4) How do I download the original data for the transcriptome differences between cultured DRGs in humans and mice?

You can visit the legacy site or you can access data from the below links. To use our data or research in your publication, please contact Theodore Price

5) I don’t like this new site. How do I access the old site?

The legacy sensoryomics site is still up and will remain available for the foreseeable future.