← BioTransfer GEO Dataset Finder
GEO series

Effect of IRF3 knockdown on gene expression in an HPV16-containing epithelium

GSE294286 Homo sapiens (human) RNA-seq (gene expression) 12 samples Submitted 2025/06/04 Platform GPL18573
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 × RNA from NTC fibroblasts, vs 3 × RNA from IRF3 KD fibroblasts vs 3 × RNA from NTC epthelium, vs 3 × RNA from IRF3 KD epthelium,Groups 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
Stromal Interferon Regulatory Factor 3 Can Antagonize Human Papillomavirus Replication by Supporting Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal TransitionViruses · 2025
Summary (written by the submitters)
The stromal compartment is critical for regulating the growth and differentiation of the epithelium. The life cycle of HPV is tightly linked to epithelial differentiation, and so we investigated the influence of the interferon-related transcription factor IRF3 (expressed in the stroma) on the gene expression in an HPV-containing epithelium.
Read the full summary ↓
Organotypic cultures were created using shRNAs to knock down IRF3 in the stromal fibroblasts (or non-target controls). HPV16-containing keratinocytes were seeded on the surface and the epithelium was allowed to develop for 14 days. RNA-seq was performed on RNAs from both the epithelial and stromal compartments. We found that knockdown of IRF3 in the stroma did not affet the interferon system at all; rather, gene expression related to epithelial-mesenchymal transition was decreased, and epithelial differentiation markers were increased. These data suggest that IRF3 in stromal cells promotes EMT.
Published in
Stromal Interferon Regulatory Factor 3 Can Antagonize Human Papillomavirus Replication by Supporting Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition
Amusan OT, Lopez R, Burks E et al. · Viruses 2025 · PMID 40431610 · doi:10.3390/v17050598
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 GSE294286_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 PRJNA1248941 and SRA study SRP577989. Searching any of these in the dataset finder brings you back here.

Study design
3 × RNA from NTC fibroblasts, vs 3 × RNA from IRF3 KD fibroblasts vs 3 × RNA from NTC epthelium, vs 3 × RNA from IRF3 KD epthelium,

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.

Samples in this study
Datasets on a similar topic

Search all human RNA-seq datasets in GEO →

Share this dataset

Metadata from NCBI GEO, cached and refreshed periodically — the NCBI page above is authoritative. Downloads link straight to NCBI/ENA; nothing is proxied through BioTransfer.