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Host response to Merkel cell polyomavirus oncogenes in neonatal human dermal fibroblast

GSE278335 Homo sapiens (human) RNA-seq (gene expression) 18 samples Submitted 2024/12/16 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)
Topic
Merkel cell carcinomaThis series is part of our curated briefing on it.
Samples
18 samples: 6 conditions, mostly in triplicateGroups 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
Integrative analysis reveals therapeutic potential of pyrvinium pamoate in Merkel cell carcinomaThe Journal of clinical investigation · 2025
Summary (written by the submitters)
Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV) early region (ER) and vector control inducible vectors were introduced into neonatal human dermal fibroblasts (nHDFs). Total RNA was then extracted and sequenced in triplicate at 0, 48 and 96 hours post-induction with doxycycline treatment. The purpose of this experiment was to identify the host response to MCPyV ER at the transcriptomic level, using both differential expression analysis and transcriptional network reconstruction.
Read the full summary ↓
Together with our previous IMR90 model, we aim to systematically understand the initial steps toward Merkel cell carcinoma in different potential precursor cell types.
Published in
Integrative analysis reveals therapeutic potential of pyrvinium pamoate in Merkel cell carcinoma
Yang J, Lim JT, Santiago Raj PV et al. · The Journal of clinical investigation 2025 · PMID 39933141 · doi:10.1172/JCI177724
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 GSE278335_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 PRJNA1166677 and SRA study SRP535483. Searching any of these in the dataset finder brings you back here.

Study design
6 conditions, mostly in triplicate
CTRL_0 ×3 CTRL_48 ×3 CTRL_96 ×3 ER_0 ×3 ER_48 ×3 ER_96 ×3

Supports a between-group comparison across 18 samples.

How we read this: 6 replicated groups read from 18 sample titles; they account for 18 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.

Samples in this study
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