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Public datasets allow molecular changes to be compared across transcriptomic, post-transcriptional, and epigenomic layers, but comparisons are limited by differences in tissue source and platform. We performed a cross-omic comparative analysis of four sCJD case\u2013control datasets spanning mRNA, miRNA, and DNA methylation layers. In this study, cross-omic refers to comparison of independently analyzed molecular datasets rather than joint multi-omic modeling of matched molecular layers from the same samples. Differential feature analysis, overrepresentation analysis, and gene set enrichment analysis were conducted within each layer. Reproducibility was evaluated across discovery and validation cohorts, followed by cross-layer comparison at the gene level and GO-BP gene set level. FDR-controlled overlap was treated as the primary analysis, whereas nominal p &lt; 0.05 overlap was considered exploratory. 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