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Transposable element activity captures human pluripotent cell states [RNA-seq]

GSE272117 Homo sapiens (human) RNA-seq (gene expression) 12 samples Submitted 2024/11/01 Platform GPL24676
At a glance

RNA-seq (gene expression) · human · 12 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
12 samples: 6 conditions, mostly in duplicateGroups 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
Transposable element activity captures human pluripotent cell statesEMBO reports · 2025
Summary (written by the submitters)
Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) serve as powerful in vitro models to elucidate the molecular underpinnings of embryonic cell fate transitions. hPSCs can be maintained in two distinct states: a naïve state, corresponding to the pre-implantation epiblast, and a primed state, mirroring the post-implantation epiblast. Our research demonstrates that transposable elements act as sensitive indicators of these pluripotency states.
Read the full summary ↓
We engineered hPSCs with fluorescent reporters that capture the temporal expression dynamics of two transposable elements, LTR5_Hs and MER51B. This dual reporter system facilitates real-time monitoring and isolation of stem cells as they transition from naïve to primed pluripotency and further towards differentiation. Unexpectedly, we identified a rare, metastable cell population within primed hPSCs, marked by transcripts associated with pre-implantation embryo development and triggered by DNA damage. Additionally, our system uncovered novel transcriptional regulators involved in pluripotency, naïve reprogramming, and differentiation. Our study provides key insights into the dynamic regulation of transposable elements during embryonic development and introduces a novel system for investigating and exploiting cellular plasticity.
Published in
Transposable element activity captures human pluripotent cell states
Levin-Ferreyra F, Kodali S, Cui Y et al. · EMBO reports 2025 · PMID 39668246 · doi:10.1038/s44319-024-00343-y
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 GSE272117_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 PRJNA1135153 and SRA study SRP519609. Searching any of these in the dataset finder brings you back here.

Study design
6 conditions, mostly in duplicate
primed_GFP ×2 primed_GFP_RFP ×2 Naïve ×2 MEKi ×2 4CL_GFP ×2 4CL_GFP_RFP ×2

Supports a between-group comparison across 12 samples.

How we read this: 6 replicated groups read from 12 sample titles; they account for 12 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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