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Single-cell transcriptomic analysis reveals that inflammation drives the unfolded protein response during endocrine aging in mice

GSE239316 Mus musculus (mouse) Single-cell RNA-seq 24 samples Submitted 2025/07/25 Platform GPL24247
At a glance

Single-cell RNA-seq · mouse · 24 samples

What it is
Single-cell RNA-seqGene activity measured in thousands of individual cells, so cell types can be told apart.
Organism
Mus musculus (mouse)
Samples
24 samples: 24 samples, each with a distinct title — no replicated groupsGroups 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
A single-cell transcriptomic landscape characterizes the endocrine system aging in the mouseProtein & cell · 2026
Summary (written by the submitters)
The endocrine system severely impacts individual aging. However, its cellular signatures and underlying mechanisms have not been comprehensively elucidated. Here, we present a comprehensive single-cell transcriptomic atlas of six endocrine tissues from young and aged mice. Multiple aging-related pathways are disrupted in endocrine tissues, and the unfolded protein response (UPR) emerged as a key pathway related to endocrine aging.
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We found significant age-related expansion of exhausted GZMK+CD8+ T cells within endocrine tissues. Additionally, granzyme K (GZMK) signaling enhances the UPR and accelerates cellular senescence through the modulation of MHC-I expression in functional endocrine cells, revealing a novel regulatory axis of aging. Moreover, the inhibition of the GZMK receptor counteracts the UPR and endocrine aging. These findings establish an interplay between inflammation and the UPR in endocrine aging, offering profound insights into the underlying mechanisms of endocrine aging.
Published in
A single-cell transcriptomic landscape characterizes the endocrine system aging in the mouse
Wei R, Du Z, Wang J et al. · Protein & cell 2026 · PMID 40899455 · doi:10.1093/procel/pwaf074
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 GSE239316_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: Single-cell studies usually ship their counts as 10x files (matrix.mtx, barcodes.tsv, features.tsv), an .h5 file, or an .rds / .h5ad object that Seurat or Scanpy can open. Look for those among the supplementary files.

Also filed as BioProject PRJNA998802 and SRA study SRP451686. Searching any of these in the dataset finder brings you back here.

Study design
24 samples, each with a distinct title — no replicated groups

Any grouping that defines a comparison lives in the sample characteristics, which GEO records separately from the titles.

How we read this: Read from 24 sample titles: 24 distinct titles with little repetition. 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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