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mRNA and lncRNA expression profiling of human atherosclerotic plaques

GSE233402 Homo sapiens (human) RNA-seq (gene expression) 13 samples Submitted 2026/04/03 Platform GPL24676
At a glance

RNA-seq (gene expression) · human · 13 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)
Samples
13 samples: 5 × Atherosclerotic plaques, thin-cap fibroatheroma (TCFA), vs 4 × Atherosclerotic plaques, early fibroatheroma (EFA), vs 4 × Atherosclerotic plaques, late fibroatheroma (LFA),Groups 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.
Paper
Enhanced antigen presentation by macrophages promotes human atherosclerosis progression: therapeutic implicationsEuropean heart journal · 2026
Summary (written by the submitters)
To characterize transcriptional and post-transcriptional changes during human atherosclerosis development, we then performed gene expression profiling analysis using data obtained from RNA-seq of 3 different stages of human carotid atherosclerotic plaques.
Published in
Enhanced antigen presentation by macrophages promotes human atherosclerosis progression: therapeutic implications
Xie Y, Wu Q, Jia Y et al. · European heart journal 2026 · PMID 41217874 · doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf878
This dataset
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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 GSE233402_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 PRJNA976200. Searching any of these in the dataset finder brings you back here.

NCBI GEO page ↗ Paper (PMID 41217874) ↗
Study design
5 × Atherosclerotic plaques, thin-cap fibroatheroma (TCFA), vs 4 × Atherosclerotic plaques, early fibroatheroma (EFA), vs 4 × Atherosclerotic plaques, late fibroatheroma (LFA),

Supports a between-group comparison across 13 samples.

How we read this: 3 replicated groups read from 13 sample titles; they account for 13 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.

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