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Generation of a Comprehensive Epigenomic Atlas in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma Informs Kidney Cancer Progression and Heritability

GSE309697 Homo sapiens (human) ChIP-seq / ATAC-seq (genome binding and open chromatin) 265 samples Submitted 2025/12/30 Platform GPL20301Platform GPL11154
At a glance

ChIP-seq / ATAC-seq (genome binding and open chromatin) · human · 265 samples

What it is
ChIP-seq / ATAC-seq (genome binding and open chromatin)Where proteins bind the genome, or which regions are open and active.
Organism
Homo sapiens (human)
Topic
Kidney cancerThis series is part of our curated briefing on it.
Samples
265 samples: 251 distinct titles, 11 of them repeatedGroups 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
Generation of a comprehensive epigenomic atlas in clear cell renal cell carcinoma informs kidney cancer progression and heritabilityCell reports · 2026
Summary (written by the submitters)
By generating 194 epigenomic and transcriptomic profiles datasets from 57 human tissue samples, using H3K27ac and HIF2α chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (ChIP-seq), ATAC-seq, and RNA-seq, we provide a comprehensive integrated characterization of clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) across normal, tumor, and metastatic states.
Read the full summary ↓
Our epigenomic analyses reveal insights into various aspects of ccRCC biology. First, we show that significant enhancer reprogramming (H3K27ac) and shifts in the transcription factor HIF2α cistrome and chromatin accessibility landscape occur during the transition from normal to tumor; by contrast, there areis no significant differences between localized tumors and metastatic samples. Second, we show that fetal kidney-specific developmental pathways are reactivated to drive malignancy. Third, we performed the first cistrome cistrome-wide association study (CWAS) in ccRCC, validating five established RCC risk loci and identifying six novel regions associated with RCC risk, including a significant association on 12q24 linked to the SCARB1 gene that was functionally validated. These datasets provide new perspectives on the role of developmental pathways in ccRCC tumorigenesis and metastasis, insights into epigenetic mechanisms of ccRCC heritability, and a comprehensive epigenomic atlas for the research community.
Published in
Generation of a comprehensive epigenomic atlas in clear cell renal cell carcinoma informs kidney cancer progression and heritability
Abou Alaiwi S, Adib E, Zhang Z et al. · Cell reports 2026 · PMID 41689799 · doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2026.116968
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 GSE309697_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: Look for peak files (.bed, .narrowPeak) and signal tracks (.bigWig) among the supplementary files; the raw reads are on ENA.

Also filed as BioProject PRJNA1336758 and SRA study SRP630170. Searching any of these in the dataset finder brings you back here.

Study design
251 distinct titles, 11 of them repeated
Patient 1077/1284/1308; ATAC-Seq - mets ×3 Patient 1077/1284/1308; HIF2a ChIP-Seq - mets ×3 Patient 1077/1284/1308; INPUT - mets ×3 Patient 1247; ATAC-Seq - mets ×2 Patient 1247; H3K27ac ChIP-Seq - mets ×2 Patient 1077/1284/1308; H3K27ac ChIP-Seq - me… ×2 Patient 1301/1319; H3K27ac ChIP-Seq - mets ×2 Patient 1247; HIF2a ChIP-Seq - mets ×2 +3 more

How we read this: Read from 265 sample titles: 251 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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