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Secretory IgA dysfunction underlies poor prognosis in Fusobacterium-infected colorectal cancer

GSE273567 Homo sapiens (human) Single-cell RNA-seq 42 samples Submitted 2025/07/23 Platform GPL11154Platform GPL24676
At a glance

Single-cell RNA-seq · human · 42 samples

What it is
Single-cell RNA-seqGene activity measured in thousands of individual cells, so cell types can be told apart. Read from the summary: GEO's own type field only says 'expression profiling by sequencing', so confirm it in the paper.
Organism
Homo sapiens (human)
Topic
Colorectal cancerThis series is part of our curated briefing on it.
Samples
42 samples: 42 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
Secretory IgA dysfunction underlies poor prognosis in Fusobacterium-infected colorectal cancerGut microbes · 2025
Summary (written by the submitters)
Fusobacterium nucleatum (Fn), enriched in human colorectal cancer (CRC), is linked to a worse prognosis. To uncover the cellular and molecular mechanisms behind this Fn-associated prognostic effect, we conducted single-cell transcriptomic analyses on 42 surgically removed colon tissues from newly diagnosed colon cancer patients. Through single-cell and spatial transcriptome data analyses, we found that the development of IgA plasma cells producing functional secretory IgA was impaired due to disrupted communications between IgA plasma cells and macrophages in Fn-positive CRC.
Read the full summary ↓
Additionally, we identified a dysregulated IgA maturation (IGAM) module in Fn-positive patients, indicating compromised IgA-mediated mucosal immunity. This finding was further supported by observed increases in bacterial infiltration within tumors of Fn-positive patients. Remarkably, we were able to stratify Fn-positive patients based on IGAM activity, which could lead to novel treatment strategies for Fn-positive CRC patients. Our findings indicate that impaired secretory IgA activity by Fn infection increases the bacterial burden within tumors and worsens prognosis through chronic inflammation. Additionally, identifying a novel gene expression biomarker for stratifying Fn-positive patients promises to refine CRC treatment strategies, offering a more tailored approach to patient care.
Published in
Secretory IgA dysfunction underlies poor prognosis in Fusobacterium-infected colorectal cancer
Choi I, Kim KA, Kim SC et al. · Gut microbes 2025 · PMID 40667611 · doi:10.1080/19490976.2025.2528428
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 GSE273567_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 PRJNA1142424 and SRA study SRP523332. Searching any of these in the dataset finder brings you back here.

Study design
42 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 42 sample titles: 42 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.

Samples in this study

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