Hello! For this week, I did more on UCSC. This time I looked at the gene that encodes my protein, which you will all recognize: CHIA! GTEx Results Description of Data: Homo sapiens chitinase acidic (CHIA), transcript variant 4, mRNA. (from RefSeq NM_201653) Methods: Tissue samples were obtained using the GTEx standard operating procedures for informed consent and tissue collection, in conjunction with the National Cancer Institute Biorepositories and Biospecimen . All tissue specimens were reviewed by pathologists to characterize and verify organ source. Images from stained tissue samples can be viewed via the NCI histopathology viewer . The Qiagen PAXgene non-formalin tissue preservation product was used to stabilize tissue specimens without cross-linking biomolecules. RNA-seq was performed by the GTEx Laboratory, Data Analysis and Coordinating Center (LDACC) at the Broad Institute. The Illumina TruSeq protocol was used to create an unstranded polyA+ library s...