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SOX9 suppresses colon cancer via inhibiting epithelial-mesenchymal transition and SOX2 induction

GSE239716 Mus musculus (mouse) RNA-seq (gene expression) 39 samples Submitted 2025/06/01 Platform GPL24247
At a glance

RNA-seq (gene expression) · mouse · 39 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
39 samples: 7 conditions, mostly with about 6 replicates eachGroups 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
SOX9 suppresses colon cancer via inhibiting epithelial-mesenchymal transition and SOX2 inductionThe Journal of clinical investigation · 2025
Summary (written by the submitters)
The Wnt/β-catenin pathway regulates expression of the SOX9 gene, which encodes SRY-box transcription factor 9, a differentiation factor and potential β-catenin regulator. Because APC tumor suppressor defects in ~80% of colorectal cancers (CRCs) activate the Wnt/β-catenin pathway, we studied SOX9 inactivation in CRC biology. Compared to effects of Apc inactivation in mouse colon tumors, combined Apc and Sox9 inactivation instigated more invasive tumors with epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and SOX2 stem cell factor upregulation.
Read the full summary ↓
In an independent mouse CRC model with combined Apc, Kras, and Trp53 defects, Sox9 inactivation promoted SOX2 induction and distant metastases. About 20% of 171 human CRCs showed loss of SOX9 protein expression, which correlated with higher tumor grade. In an independent group of 376 CRC patients, low SOX9 gene expression was linked to poor survival, earlier age at diagnosis, and increased lymph node involvement. SOX9 expression reductions in human CRC were linked to promoter methylation. EMT pathway gene expression changes were prominent in human CRCs with low SOX9 expression and in a mouse cancer model with high SOX2 expression. Our results indicate SOX9 has tumor suppressor function in CRC; its loss may promote progression, invasion, and poor prognosis by enhancing EMT and stem cell phenotypes.
Published in
SOX9 suppresses colon cancer via inhibiting epithelial-mesenchymal transition and SOX2 induction
Feng Y, Zhu N, Bedi K et al. · The Journal of clinical investigation 2025 · PMID 40179020 · doi:10.1172/JCI184115
This dataset
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.

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 GSE239716_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 PRJNA1000611 and SRA study SRP452412. Searching any of these in the dataset finder brings you back here.

Study design
7 conditions, mostly with about 6 replicates each
colon, AShet, ×7 Aff ×6 Aff.Sff ×6 Control ×6 Sff ×6 Apcfl_fl ×4 Apcfl_flSox9fl_fl ×4

Supports a between-group comparison across 39 samples.

How we read this: 7 replicated groups read from 39 sample titles; they account for 39 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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