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Eosinophils but not mast cells exert anti-tumorigenic activity, without being predictive markers of the long-term response to Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) therapy in patients with bladder carcinoma.

GSE291192 Homo sapiens (human) RNA-seq (gene expression) 11 samples Submitted 2025/04/30 Platform GPL24676
At a glance

RNA-seq (gene expression) · human · 11 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
Bladder cancerThis series is part of our curated briefing on it.
Samples
11 samples: 11 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
Eosinophils but not mast cells exert anti-tumorigenic activity, without being predictive markers of the long-term response to Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) therapy in patients with bladder carcinomaInflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2025
Summary (written by the submitters)
Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) therapy is an established immunotherapy for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC); however, the response variability of patients remains a challenge, necessitating insight into immune cell function. Previous studies established that a preexisting Th2 immune microenvironment correlates with a positive BCG therapy outcome.
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Therefore, in this study, we explored the role of mast cells (MCs) and eosinophils in bladder cancer as a potential predicting tool for BCG immunotherapy response. Methods: We investigated the effect of MCs and eosinophils on bladder cancer cell viability together with their chemotactic migration towards cancer cells in vitro. The effect of BCG on these immune cells was also evaluated. Moreover, we performed an orthotopic model of bladder cancer in MC- and eosinophil-deficient mice. Finally, to evaluate whether these immune cells predict the therapy response, 26 patient biopsies pre-BCG treatment were analyzed for MC and eosinophil numbers in the tissue and 11 among them were sequenced for gene expression. Results: Eosinophils, but not MCs, reduced bladder cancer cell viability in vitro and inhibited tumor growth in vivo. However, addition of BCG did not increase these effects in vitro. Patient biopsy analysis and mRNA sequencing showed that neither cell type predicted long-term therapy responsiveness. Gene expression analysis suggested that extracellular matrix and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition factors could influence BCG therapy outcomes. Conclusion: Even though eosinophils exhibit anti-tumorigenic effects in bladder cancer, neither MCs nor eosinophils were predictive of the long-term BCG therapy response. However, our findings implicate that matrix-related factors may modulate BCG therapy responses.
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Eosinophils but not mast cells exert anti-tumorigenic activity, without being predictive markers of the long-term response to Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) therapy in patients with bladder carcinoma
Zaffran I, Zoabi Y, Gaur P et al. · Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] 2025 · PMID 40272538 · doi:10.1007/s00011-025-02028-1
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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.

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Supplementary files

The count tables and other files the authors uploaded. Take only the samples you need, or the whole study as GSE291192_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 PRJNA1232166 and SRA study SRP568124. Searching any of these in the dataset finder brings you back here.

Study design
11 samples, each with a distinct title — no replicated groups

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How we read this: Read from 11 sample titles: 11 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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