GSE280402

GSE280402 is the Gene Expression Omnibus accession for the whole-blood bulk RNA-seq data generated by Tkachenko et al. 2024 for type 2 diabetes transcriptomic analysis and later included in the Tkachenko et al. 2025 cross-study meta-analysis.

Dataset Facts

  • The study enrolled 8 healthy volunteers and 8 unrelated individuals with T2D.
  • After outlier filtering, the dataset contributed 7 healthy and 7 T2D samples to the meta-analysis.
  • Samples were whole blood collected after overnight fasting in K2EDTA tubes.
  • RNA-seq libraries were prepared with TruSeq Stranded Total RNA library preparation and sequenced as 75 bp paired-end reads on an Illumina HiSeq 2500.
  • The original Tkachenko et al. 2024 analysis reported 146 DEGs, while the later Tkachenko et al. 2025 meta-analysis reprocessing reported zero significant DEGs for this dataset after outlier filtering.
  • Tkachenko et al. 2024 originally generated GSE280402 as the bulk RNA-seq companion to the PBMC scRNA-seq dataset GSE280401. The same dataset was subsequently included in the broader meta-analysis of Tkachenko et al. 2025.
  • Tkachenko et al. 2024 identified 146 DEGs (71 up, 75 down) at adjusted p < 0.05 in the original analysis, with PCA showing disease status does not explain most variance.
  • Subjects 2 and 4 from this dataset also contributed PBMC scRNA-seq data to GSE280401.

Paper-Relevant Use

  • GSE280402 is useful as a small, newly generated whole-blood T2D RNA-seq dataset rather than a PBMC-specific or ancestry-aware resource.
  • It anchors the new experimental component of Tkachenko et al. 2025’s broader cross-study meta-analysis.