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Immune Checkpoint Molecules as Biomarkers of Outcomes in Staphylococcus aureus Bone Infections

GSE269658 Homo sapiens (human) RNA-seq (gene expression) 18 samples Submitted 2026/06/30 Platform GPL24676
At a glance

RNA-seq (gene expression) · human · 18 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
18 samples: 18 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.
Summary (written by the submitters)
Staphylococcus aureus prosthetic joint infections (PJIs) are considered incurable. Unfortunately, clinical diagnostics to guide conservative vs. aggressive surgical treatment of PJI patients are not evidence-based. Developing clinical biomarkers are crucial for defining immunopathogenesis of PJIs. PJI in humanized mice is characterized by increased infection, bone osteolysis, and large numbers of proliferating CD3+/Tbet+ cells adjacent to purulent abscesses in the bone marrow.
Read the full summary ↓
Multi-omics studies in a humanized NSG-SGM3 BLT PJI mouse indicated the role of human T cells where 1) human T cells are remarkably heterogenous in gene expression and numbers, 2) human Th1/Th17 exists as a mixed population of activated, progenitor-exhausted, and terminally-exhausted cells which exhibit increased expression of immune checkpoint proteins (LAG3, TIM-3) 2-weeks post-infection. Moreover, these proteins are upregulated in the serum and the bone marrow of S. aureus PJI patients. A multiparametric nomogram combining high serum immune checkpoint protein levels with low proinflammatory cytokine levels (IFN-g, IL-2, TNF-α, IL-17) revealed that TIM-3 was highly predictive of adverse outcomes in PJI patients (AUC=0.89). Hence, T cell impairment in the form of immune checkpoint expression and exhaustion could be a functional biomarker for S. aureus PJI disease outcome, and checkpoint blockade may benefit PJI patients.
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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 GSE269658_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 PRJNA1123174 and SRA study SRP513423. Searching any of these in the dataset finder brings you back here.

NCBI GEO page ↗
Study design
18 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 18 sample titles: 18 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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