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HOXC4 Promotes Proliferation of Endometriotic Stromal Cells via the SLIT2-ROBO1 Axis

GSE286315 Homo sapiens (human) RNA-seq (gene expression) 12 samples Submitted 2025/09/30 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: 3 × EcSCs vs 3 × ESCs vs 3 × HOXC4 KO EcSCs vs 3 × Control EcSCsGroups 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)
Current interventions for endometriosis mainly involve hormone therapies but have limited efficacy and unacceptable side effects, due to the lack of selectivity to distinguish between endometriosis and endometrial tissues. Elucidating the molecular mechanism underlying rapid growth of endometrial-like stromal cells, one of the main components of endometriotic lesions, will pave a path for more effective treatment of endometriosis.
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In the current study, we utilized transcriptome sequencing to compare the transcriptional profiles of endometrial-like stromal cells from endometriosis and endometrial tissues and demonstrated that Homeobox C4 (HOXC4) is preferentially expressed in endometriotic lesions. HOXC4 is indispensable for the proliferation of stromal cells from endometriosis, but not those from endometrial tissues. Mechanistically, HOXC4 acts as a transcription factor to promote the expression of Slit Guidance Ligand 2 (SLIT2) and thereby, increases the p38 MAPK activity via the SLIT2 receptor Roundabout Guidance Receptor 1 (ROBO1). Considering the essential role of the p38 MAPK activity in facilitating the development of ectopic endometrium, our findings strongly support the idea of HOXC4, as well as the SLIT2-ROBO1 axis, being as potential therapeutic targets for endometriosis.
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 GSE286315_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 PRJNA1208666 and SRA study SRP556390. Searching any of these in the dataset finder brings you back here.

Study design
3 × EcSCs vs 3 × ESCs vs 3 × HOXC4 KO EcSCs vs 3 × Control EcSCs

Supports a between-group comparison across 12 samples.

How we read this: 4 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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