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Table 3 Enrichment of LTR-driven vlincRNAs in malignant, immortalized, primary and embryonic stem cells.

From: VlincRNAs controlled by retroviral elements are a hallmark of pluripotency and cancer

Cell line/Tissue

Cell Type

Number of vlincRNAs

VlincRNAs Assigned to LTR* promoters

% Assigned to LTR promoters

Overlap Expected by Chance

Fold over chance

p-value

K562

Malignant

407

119

29.23%

4.5

26.6

7.2E-130

HepG2

Malignant

501

71

14.17%

6.3

11.4

7.9E-51

GM12878

Immortalized

591

47

7.95%

3.5

13.5

7.1E-37

NHEK

Primary

248

1

0.40%

1.1

0.9

0.67

HUVEC

Primary

340

10

2.94%

1.0

10.0

9.4E-08

H1-hEsc

Embryonic Stem

469

68

14.49%

3.5

19.6

5.4E-64

  1. *Defined as All promoters found in the respective cell line and overlapping an LTR