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Table 1 Variability and reproducibility after applying two common probe filters (detection score >0.95 and SD > 0.5) for each RNA and cell isolation method.

From: Variability of gene expression profiles in human blood and lymphoblastoid cell lines

RNA and cell isolation method

No. of probes with

SD > 0.5

No. of probes with detection score

>0.95

Spearman correlation range across replicates*

Mean(range)

Spearman correlation range across random individuals

Mean(range)

PAX

34,012

8,783

0.96 (0.96-0.98)

0.93 (0.90-0.95)

PBMC

27,987

11,834

0.98 (0.90-0.99)

0.96 (0.93-0.97)

LCL

24,311

11,865

0.99 (0.96-1.0)

0.96 (0.96-0.97)

Bcell CD19

24,229

12,122

0.99 (0.98-0.99)

0.97 (0.93-0.96)

Bcell CD20

30,342

10,672

0.96 (0.93-0.98)

0.95 (0.96-0.97)

  1. * Spearman correlations are calculated between two visits for each matched or random individual for each method. Spearman correlations are based on detected probes.