Differentially Expressed Genes for Atrial Fibrillation Identified using RNA Sequencing from Paired Human Left and Right Atrial Appendages.

Next Generation RNA Sequencing was carried out on human paired left and right atrial appendages from patients with and without Atrial Fibrillation. EdgeR software was used to show a total of 247 genes were found to have significant differential expression between left and right atria. Left and Right atrial appendages from 5 patients in Sinus Rhythm and 5 patients in atrial fibrillation were subjected to RNA sequencing and differential gene expression using EdgeR.