Q (sonnet): Are there studies that were not processed using polyA enrichment in order to explore lncRNA-related questions?

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═ answer (success)
None of these guides directly address RNA-seq library preparation methodology (polyA-selected vs. total RNA/ribo-depleted). This is important context to establish before answering.

**This information is not available in cBioPortal.** cBioPortal's database stores processed molecular data (expression matrices, mutations, copy number calls, clinical annotations) and study-level metadata (cancer type, sample counts, data types available), but it does **not** capture library preparation protocol details such as whether RNA-seq was polyA-selected versus ribosomal-RNA-depleted (total RNA-seq). That level of wet-lab/assay methodology is a sequencing-protocol detail generally found in the original study's methods section, SRA/GEO metadata, or a supplementary methods table — not in the clinical or genomic data model cBioPortal exposes.

Since lncRNAs are frequently non-polyadenylated (or have variable polyA tail status), library prep method matters a lot for whether a study's mRNA-seq data will even capture them — but I can't determine this from what's stored in the database.

**What I can do instead:**
- I can identify which studies include expression data at all (mRNA/RNA-seq profiles), which is a prerequisite.
- I can check whether any study's expression profiles are explicitly annotated as including lncRNA quantification (some cBioPortal studies do carry a `_mrna_seq_v2_rna_seq` vs. other profile naming that hints at pipeline, though this doesn't reveal library prep chemistry).
- Beyond that, you'd need to consult each candidate study's original publication or the sequencing archive (SRA/GEO/EGA) metadata to confirm polyA vs. total RNA protocol.

Would you like me to pull a list of studies with RNA-seq expression data available (as a starting point for you to manually check protocols in their source publications), or do you have a specific cancer type/cohort in mind to narrow this down?