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Whole transcriptome sequencing

BostonGene’s whole transcriptome sequencing (WTS / RNA-seq) of nearly 20,000 genes enables the precise identification of gene fusions, expression levels and gene expression signatures in a CLIA/CAP environment.

Our comprehensive bioinformatic analysis offers in-depth insights into the tumor and its microenvironment (TME), driving complex biomarker discovery.

The most comprehensive analysis utilizing RNA-seq data

Performance metrics
Gene fusion analysis
  • Well-known fusions
    Precise identification of established fusion partners
  • Novel fusions
    An unbiased approach enables the identification of new breakpoints and previously unknown fusions
Gene expression analysis
  • Single gene expression
    Robust assessment of expression levels for over 20,000 genes.
  • Gene expression signatures
    Multi-gene expression signatures accurately reflect the underlying biology of a specific cancer type
Additional RNA-seq capabilities
  • TME analysis
  • TCR/BCR repertoire
  • HLA haplotyping
  • Vaccines analysis

Transcriptomic analysis:

Incidence rate
Identifying diagnoses with the highest target expression or prevalence of a specific fusion for indication selection.

Potential adverse event assessment
Predicting on-target, off-tumor effects by evaluating target expression levels in normal tissues.

Discrimination between tumor and TME cell expression
Expression signals in a bulk RNA-seq sample can come from tumor, microenvironment (TME), or a mixture of both. An ML-based tool, Helenus, separates those signals for accurate expression assessment.

Optimized RNA-seq protocols for FFPE samples

  • Refined RNA extraction and sequencing protocols provide uniform gene body coverage, equivalent to that obtained with FF PolyA RNA-seq.
  • Multi-step quality control ensures the integrity of each sample from RNA extraction to the analyzed data.
  • Gene expression levels are orthogonally validated by qPCR.

Technical specifications