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Immune gene signatures in oropharyngeal cancers are associated with inverse prognosis by HPV-status

GSE162738 Homo sapiens (human) RNA-seq (gene expression) 51 samples Submitted 2025/12/31 Platform GPL24676Platform GPL16791
At a glance

RNA-seq (gene expression) · human · 51 samples

What it is
RNA-seq (gene expression)Gene activity measured by sequencing. The summary does not mention single-cell work, so this is most likely bulk: one average per sample, the usual starting point for comparing groups.
Organism
Homo sapiens (human)
Topic
Head and neck cancerThis series is part of our curated briefing on it.
Samples
51 samples: 37 × HNU vs 9 × HN vs 3 × IRECT vs 2 × LGroups are read from the sample names, not from the paper. Check the list below.
Data you can get
A processed table (series matrix) and supplementary files from NCBI; the raw sequencing reads from ENA. Which of these hold counts depends on the study, so check the file list.
Summary (written by the submitters)
In this study, we used RNA sequencing to identify and validate immune gene signatures for OPSCC to classify tumors as hot and cold. Finally, we assessed the prognostic impact of hot and cold immune gene signatures by HPV-status. The ‘hot’ immune signature was associated with a good prognosis in HPV-positive patients and contrarily, a poor prognosis in HPV- negative patients.
This dataset
Open GSE162738 in finder → Find more human RNA-seq datasets → Head and neck cancer landscape →
Download · which file do I need?

Direct links to NCBI and ENA, no account and no request form. Pick by what you want to do: take the small processed table to look, the supplementary files to re-analyse, or the original raw data to start over.

1 · Just have a look

Processed table

The series matrix: one table of values per sample as the submitters processed it. The smallest download, and it opens in Excel or R. Start here to see what the data look like.

Series matrix ↓
2 · Re-analyse it

Supplementary files

The count tables and other files the authors uploaded. Take only the samples you need, or the whole study as GSE162738_RAW.tar (it can run to tens of gigabytes).

All supplementary files ↗ Whole study · RAW.tar ↓
3 · Start from the raw reads

Raw sequencing reads

The original FASTQ files, straight from the sequencer, held at ENA. Large, and you align them yourself, so only choose this if you need to re-process the study from scratch.

Raw reads on ENA ↗

What the files usually look like: For RNA-seq the counts are usually a table among the supplementary files (look for 'counts', 'expression', 'FPKM' or 'TPM' in the file name). The series matrix of a sequencing study is sometimes nearly empty.

Also filed as BioProject PRJNA682821 and SRA study SRP296572. Searching any of these in the dataset finder brings you back here.

NCBI GEO page ↗
Study design
37 × HNU vs 9 × HN vs 3 × IRECT vs 2 × L

Supports a between-group comparison across 51 samples.

How we read this: 4 replicated groups read from 51 sample titles; they account for 51 of them. These groups are guessed from the sample names, not taken from the paper, so check them against the sample list below before relying on them.

Samples in this study

+ 11 more — browse all 51 samples with per-sample file links →

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