Stress, immune & disease

Human iPSC-derived hypothalamic neurons — inherited obesity

Homo sapiens · Whole hypothalamus · bulk RNA-seq

GSE95243
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Selected data and study scope

This dataset contains bulk RNA-seq data from Homo sapiens, sampled from whole hypothalamus. The default comparison examines gene expression in Constitutionally obese donors relative to Healthy control donors.

The explorer includes 1 track and 1 comparison for this dataset.

The default track, iPSC-derived hypothalamic neurons, includes 7 Healthy control donors samples and 5 Constitutionally obese donors samples in this comparison. These are analysis sample counts. Check the source for biological replication and pooling.

Interpretation and limitations

These data come from a cell-culture model. Check the cell line or differentiation system and the conditions sampled before interpreting a result.

Expression values are CPM (TMM-normalized): counts per million on library sizes adjusted by the TMM factors of the study’s own edgeR fit. This scale adjusts for library size and composition, not gene length. Use it to inspect a feature across the samples in this analysis. CPM values are not absolute transcript counts.

Evidence and verification

Pipeline QC passed. Human iPSC-derived hypothalamic neurons — inherited obesity; all 1 registered contrasts on default track hypothalamic_neurons

Experimental design passed. Human iPSC-derived hypothalamic neurons — inherited obesity; all 1 registered contrasts on default track hypothalamic_neurons

Author concordance review needed. Matched gene effects; obesity_vs_control_sex_adjusted. P values and FDR are contextual. No numerical acceptance route has passed for this scope.

Pipeline QC can pass while experimental-design limitations remain. Read both assessments before interpreting results.

Open the dataset in the Explorer to read each check and its evidence. Author concordance compares effects for matched genes. It does not require identical author P values or FDR.

Read the analysis methods and interpretation guide and how to cite the source study and HypoExplorer. The source publication may include tissues, groups or comparisons beyond the data shown here.

Source study

Bulk RNA-seq of iPSC-derived hypothalamic neurons from seven healthy control donors and five constitutionally obese donors, with one independent parent line per library and sex included as an additive covariate. Motor-neuron and postmortem-brain samples are excluded (PMID 29681516; GSE95243)

Source publication

Super-Obese Patient-Derived iPSC Hypothalamic Neurons Exhibit Obesogenic Signatures and Hormone Responses.

Rajamani U, Gross AR, Hjelm BE, Sequeira A, Vawter MP, Tang J, et al.

Cell stem cell · 2018

Repository study title

Transcriptomes of iPSC-derived and post-mortum Hypothalamus Neurons from obese and control donors

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Comparisons in HypoExplorer

Constitutionally obese donors vs Healthy control donors · default

Baseline: Healthy control donors → Case: Constitutionally obese donors

Positive differential-expression values indicate higher expression in the case group relative to the baseline. Check the comparison direction and study design when interpreting results.

Available tracks

Detected features and sample counts for Constitutionally obese donors vs Healthy control donors. Counts are specific to each track.
TrackFeaturesHealthy control donors nConstitutionally obese donors n
iPSC-derived hypothalamic neurons16,05775

Expression and analysis results

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