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Transcriptional programs dictating tumor cell fate decisions in neuroblastoma lymph node metastasis [bulk RNA-seq]

GSE309267 Homo sapiens (human) Single-cell RNA-seq 18 samples Submitted 2026/02/18 Platform GPL24676
At a glance

Single-cell RNA-seq · human · 18 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)
Samples
18 samples: 18 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
Single-cell and Spatial Omics Reveals Region-Specific Plasticity and Therapeutic Vulnerabilities in Metastatic High-Risk NeuroblastomabioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
Summary (written by the submitters)
Neuroblastoma, a deadly pediatric cancer from the sympathetic ganglia of the peripheral nervous system, frequently metastasizes, driving poor outcomes in high-risk cases. While primary tumors are well-characterized, the cellular and molecular dynamics of metastasis remain poorly understood. Here, we employed single-cell multi-omics and spatial transcriptomics to profile lymph node metastases in high-risk neuroblastoma compared to primary adrenal masses.
Read the full summary ↓
We found that lymph node metastases displayed unique cellular heterogeneity and plasticity marked by a shift toward mesenchymal-like and cancer stem cell states, with enriched epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) programs. Lymph node metastatic niche exhibited altered tumor microenvironment dynamics, characterized by increased immunosuppressive myeloid subsets, heightened immune checkpoint signaling and lymphocyte exhaustion, indicative of immune evasion and dysfunction. Our multi-omics studies reveal distinct features of high-risk neuroblastoma that contribute to metastasis and therapy resistance, pointing to potential therapeutic vulnerabilities of the aggressive metastatic disease.
Published in
Single-cell and Spatial Omics Reveals Region-Specific Plasticity and Therapeutic Vulnerabilities in Metastatic High-Risk Neuroblastoma
Wu LMN, Oblinger JL, Xin D et al. · bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 2025 · PMID 41279557 · doi:10.1101/2025.10.19.681936
This dataset
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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 GSE309267_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 PRJNA1334992 and SRA study SRP627891. Searching any of these in the dataset finder brings you back here.

Study design
18 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 18 sample titles: 18 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.

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