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Wnt Activation and Dual SMAD Inhibition For Induction and Maintenance of Hindbrain-like Neural Stem Cell from hiPSCs [RNA-Seq]

GSE317319 Homo sapiens (human) RNA-seq (gene expression) 23 samples Submitted 2026/01/29 Platform GPL32271
At a glance

RNA-seq (gene expression) · human · 23 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
23 samples: 10 × iNSCs_PN vs 3 × ACL_P0D7 vs 2 × ACL_iNSCs_PN vs 2 × ACL_PN5Groups 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
Wnt activation and dual SMAD inhibition for induction and maintenance of hindbrain-like neural stem cell from hiPSCsCell reports methods · 2026
Summary (written by the submitters)
Neurons exhibit region-specific identities corresponding to functional distinctions across different brain areas. Region-restricted neural stem cells (NSCs) have previously been generated from pluripotent stem cells; however, maintaining their regional identity over extended passages remains challenging.
Read the full summary ↓
Here, we report the generation of hindbrain-like induced NSCs (Hb-LiNSCs) with upregulated hindbrain-specific markers and downregulated forebrain, midbrain, and spinal cord markers under xeno- and basic fibroblast growth factor-free conditions using three chemicals—CHIR99021 (at a high concentration), a potent activator of the Wnt pathway, A-83-01, a potent inhibitor of the TGF-β/Activin/Nodal pathway, and LDN193189, a potent inhibitor of the bone morphogenetic protein pathway. Hb-LiNSCs maintained their chromosomal integrity, multipotency, and differentiation capacity even after long-term culture for more than 60 weeks. This innovative approach enhances our understanding of neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative processes in the hindbrain region and paves the way for developing targeted cell-based therapy as well as disease modeling for drug discovery.
Published in
Wnt activation and dual SMAD inhibition for induction and maintenance of hindbrain-like neural stem cell from hiPSCs
Al-Akashi Z, Zujur D, Boyd-Gibbins N et al. · Cell reports methods 2026 · PMID 41916305 · doi:10.1016/j.crmeth.2026.101372
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 GSE317319_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 PRJNA1406739 and SRA study SRP665647. Searching any of these in the dataset finder brings you back here.

Study design
10 × iNSCs_PN vs 3 × ACL_P0D7 vs 2 × ACL_iNSCs_PN vs 2 × ACL_PN5

Supports a between-group comparison across 17 samples.

How we read this: 4 replicated groups read from 23 sample titles; they account for 17 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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