READ ME File For 'Additional material referred to in thesis (List of additional material)' Dataset DOI: https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D2468 ReadMe Author: JELMER LEGEBEKE, University of Southampton, 0000-0003-1194-8959 This dataset supports the thesis entitled 'The utility of RNA and transcriptomic analysis in improving diagnostic and understanding disease mechanism in respiratory disorders; exemplars Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia and COVID-19' AWARDED BY: Univeristy of Southampton DATE OF AWARD: 2022 DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA Data includes the raw Excel data post-analysis underlying the figures and tables in the thesis. The title of each Excel file briefly summarises what the results were used for and how it was generated. For collection and creation of this data the reader is referred to the thesis materials and methods sections. This dataset contains: 1) Raw data for PCA and heatmap analysis, and BioLayout and Topp-Gene results for chapter 3. 2) PCD causative gene transcript abundances and gene expression levels for chapter 4. 3) edgeR and rMATS results for patients included in chapter 4 and chapter 5. 4) Raw data for PCA and heatmap analysis, and edgeR, BioLayout, Topp-Gene, TopMD and WGCNA results for Appendix A. Date of data collection: 2019-2022 Licence: CC-BY Related Funder: NIHR Southampton BRC (no. NIHR-INF-0932) Partial related publication: 1) https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2022.907511 4) https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.853265