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Akr1b7 functions as a master regulator in ovarian aging [RNA-seq]

GSE238259 Mus musculus (mouse) RNA-seq (gene expression) 17 samples Submitted 2026/01/06 Platform GPL23969Platform GPL19057
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RNA-seq (gene expression) · mouse · 17 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
Mus musculus (mouse)
Samples
17 samples: 10 × Ovary, WT vs 7 × Ovary, KOGroups 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
Reduced Akr1b7 signaling drives ovarian aging and reproductive dysfunctioniScience · 2026
Summary (written by the submitters)
At the beginning of ovarian aging, the ovulation of immature oocytes is accelerated, finally leading to the arrest of ovulation despite the remaining oocytes. Here RNA expression in ovarian aging of mice is comprehensively analyzed during the estrous cycle after ovulation stimulation, and an aldo-keto reductase Akr1b7 pathway transiently increased in the young ovary is eliminated in the aged mice.
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Akr1b7-/- mice enhance the ovulation of immature oocytes, and the KITL expression in Akr1b7-expressed stromal is attenuated, accompanied by oocyte Akt essential for the follicular development inactivation in primordial follicles. The estrous cycle is extended due to the prolonged diestrous stage by a sustained progesterone level in Akr1b7-/- mice ovaries, which is caused by the decline of Cyp17a1, a major metabolite enzyme of progesterone in Akr1b7-expressed theca cell layers. Taken together, the decreased Akr1b7 pathway causes the ovulation of immature oocytes and the prolonged estrous cycle, typical symptoms of ovarian aging.
Published in
Reduced Akr1b7 signaling drives ovarian aging and reproductive dysfunction
Isayama K, Watanabe K, Ohtsuka M et al. · iScience 2026 · PMID 41727189 · doi:10.1016/j.isci.2026.114719
This dataset
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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.

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 GSE238259_RAW.tar (it can run to tens of gigabytes).

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.

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 PRJNA998476 and SRA study SRP451401. Searching any of these in the dataset finder brings you back here.

Study design
10 × Ovary, WT vs 7 × Ovary, KO

Supports a between-group comparison across 17 samples.

How we read this: 2 replicated groups read from 17 sample titles; they account for 17 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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