Siftome Phase 3L

GSE216115

Biological function and mechanism of circRNA in the occurrence and development of hepatocellular carcinoma

Not suitable Dataset does not meet the current suitability threshold.
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Source
GEO
Search intent
Patient tissue tumor-vs-normal
Intent behavior
search-intent-behavior-v1
Submission date
2022-10-19
Last update
2023-08-10
Organization
Guangxi Medical University
Department
Not available
Public date
2023-08-10
Experiment types
Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing
Platforms
GPL24676 Illumina NovaSeq 6000 (Homo sapiens)
Series type
Series
SubSeries
Not available
BioProject
PRJNA892102
Supplementary files
TXT: GSE216115_Tumor_HCCVSNormal_circRNA_differential_expression.txt.gz
Organism
Homo sapiens
Assay
bulk RNA-seq
Samples
2
Study design
Tumor vs matched normal
Specimen/source
Tissue
Scoring version
intent-aware-scoring-v15
Ranking batch
b69568dd1e4fe1b9ee2d880bf5495d748a7e4c5c11e4107f02528c3be0e76012
Ranking created
2026-06-05T20:20:27.088676Z
Warning version
intent-aware-warnings-v2

Current Intent Interpretation

Patient tissue tumor-vs-normal

Expectations

Organism
Homo sapiens
Assay
bulk RNA-seq
Specimen/source
patient tissue or biopsy
Controls
matched normal, adjacent normal, paired normal, healthy tissue control, or otherwise normal tissue control

Rules

Default filters
Human only; Bulk RNA-seq only; Tumor-normal only; Tissue or biopsy only; Hide biofluid/model systems
Warning rules
missing or unclear control group, unclear disease context, unclear tissue source, mixed sample types, model-system markers, secondary assay context, missing processed data, or small cohort size
Score caps
non-human datasets stay below the primary recommendation band, missing colorectal/colon/rectal/CRC context stays below the primary recommendation band, biofluid and model-system datasets cannot reach Recommended by default, microarray and secondary assays are capped unless explicitly enabled, or small cohorts are capped below high-confidence recommendations
Downgraded contexts
microarray unless explicitly enabled, biofluid-only datasets, cell-line datasets, organoid datasets, xenograft or PDX datasets, non-colorectal disease contexts, or treatment-only experiments

Study Classification

Tumor vs matched normal Tissue

Analysis Readiness

Review before analysis
82% DE readiness

Contrast completeness

25/25 pts

Both case and control groups are present in the proposed grouping.

Minimum group size

8/20 pts

A contrast exists, but at least one group is below the minimum sample count.

Processed data availability

20/20 pts

Processed data is marked available in the GEO index.

Sample decision clarity

15/15 pts

All samples are assigned to a case or control group.

Blocking warnings

7/10 pts

Warnings are present, but none are critical blockers.

Metadata normalization

7/10 pts

Metadata quality is usable, but still deserves review.

Blockers

  • At least one contrast group is below the minimum sample count.
  • Secondary RNA assay context should be analyzed separately from ordinary bulk RNA-seq.

Next Steps

  • Review blockers and update sample grouping or dataset selection before analysis.

Analysis Preparation Checklist

4/6 ready

Group labels reviewed

Needs review

Siftome proposed case and control labels, but no reviewer confirmation is stored yet.

Open the sample grouping CSV and confirm group labels before analysis.

Minimum sample count met

Blocked

At least one group has fewer than 2 samples.

Choose a larger dataset or merge only scientifically valid groups.

Processed counts available

Ready

Processed data availability is marked true in the GEO index.

Verify that downloaded processed files contain usable count or expression identifiers.

Ambiguous samples handled

Ready

No review-needed or unassigned samples are present in the proposed grouping.

Still scan the grouping table for biology-specific ambiguity.

Exclusion decisions recorded

Ready

No hard-excluded samples were detected by the current rules.

Record any manual exclusions in the downstream analysis notes.

Source links preserved

Ready

The dataset and sample accessions can be linked back to GEO.

Keep GEO dataset and sample links with exported metadata.

Bioinformatician Review

Bioinformatician review required

Ask a bioinformatician to review grouping, count availability, exclusions, and design before DE.

  • Analysis readiness has blockers that must be resolved before DE.
  • Analysis preparation checklist contains blocked items.
  • At least one comparison group has fewer than two samples.
  • Assay context may require expert handling before DESeq2-style analysis.

Why This Is Ranked Here

Patient tissue tumor-vs-normal
Not suitable Dataset does not meet the current suitability threshold.

Score Components

  • relevance 50% Organism normalized. Assay type normalized.
  • comparison suitability 0% Tumor and normal sample groups detected. No excluded sample type flags detected. Matched tumor/normal design boosted for colorectal tumor-vs-normal tissue triage. Patient tissue or biopsy specimens boosted for tissue comparison triage. Small RNA, miRNA, circRNA, or extracellular-vesicle RNA context downgraded for primary mRNA tissue ranking. Non-colorectal cancer context downgraded for colorectal tumor-vs-normal tissue ranking.
  • metadata quality 70% Sample source clarity: All samples have source metadata and clear GSE/GSM accessions. Group clarity: Rule-based grouping found both case and control samples. Disease clarity: Disease or condition metadata was not normalized. Tissue clarity: Tissue metadata was not normalized. Treatment clarity: No unclear treatment split detected in the sample metadata. Replicate clarity: No pooled sample or technical replicate flags detected. Data availability clarity: Dataset-level processed or raw data availability is explicit.
  • data availability 100% Processed data available. Raw data available.
  • overall 34% Weighted score: 30% relevance, 30% comparison suitability, 25% metadata quality, 15% data availability. Overall score capped because comparison suitability is weak for the selected search intent. Overall score capped because fewer than six samples are too small for top-ranked cohort confidence. Overall score capped because secondary RNA assays are not primary mRNA tissue RNA-seq. Overall score capped because tumor/normal grouping is from a non-colorectal cancer context.

Derived Classifications

  • Organism Homo sapiens Organism remains rule-derived: Homo sapiens.
  • Assay bulk RNA-seq Assay remains rule-derived: bulk RNA-seq.
  • Study design Tumor vs matched normal Study design remains rule-derived: Tumor vs matched normal.
  • Specimen/source Tissue Specimen/source remains rule-derived: Tissue.
  • Likely case group tumor sample 1 samples
  • Likely control group normal tissue 1 samples

Warnings

  • SAMPLE_COUNT_BELOW_THRESHOLD warning Total sample count is below the minimum needed for two comparison groups.
  • SECONDARY_ASSAY_CONTEXT warning Secondary RNA assay context such as small RNA, miRNA, circRNA, or non-coding RNA was detected.
  • DISEASE_LABEL_UNCLEAR warning Disease or condition label could not be normalized.
  • TISSUE_TYPE_MISSING warning Tissue or cell type could not be normalized.

Intent Interpretation

  • Active intent Patient tissue tumor-vs-normal Ranks human colorectal tissue or biopsy cohorts where tumor samples can be compared with normal controls.
  • Organism expectation Homo sapiens Dataset organism is interpreted as Homo sapiens.
  • Assay expectation bulk RNA-seq Dataset assay is interpreted as bulk RNA-seq.
  • Specimen assumption patient tissue or biopsy Derived specimen/source is Tissue.
  • Control-group assumption matched normal, adjacent normal, paired normal, healthy tissue control, or otherwise normal tissue control Derived study design is Tumor vs matched normal; likely groups are tumor sample vs normal tissue.
  • Score caps Applied when matching conditions are present non-human datasets stay below the primary recommendation band, missing colorectal/colon/rectal/CRC context stays below the primary recommendation band, biofluid and model-system datasets cannot reach Recommended by default, microarray and secondary assays are capped unless explicitly enabled, or small cohorts are capped below high-confidence recommendations
  • Warning rules 4 active warnings missing or unclear control group, unclear disease context, unclear tissue source, mixed sample types, model-system markers, secondary assay context, missing processed data, or small cohort size
  • Downgrade or exclusion reason Downgraded disease context: not a colorectal/GI cancer cohort. Derived from current-intent ranking reasons and warnings.

Applied Review Decisions

No active review decisions affect this ranking.

Ranking Facts

  • Recommendation Not suitable Dataset does not meet the current suitability threshold.
  • Supporting fact Tumor vs matched normal · Tissue · suitability 0%. Contributed to match or upgrade evidence.
  • Supporting fact Prioritized for patient tissue tumor-vs-normal triage. Contributed to match or upgrade evidence.
  • Supporting fact Prioritized assay: bulk RNA-seq is the active assay expectation. Contributed to match or upgrade evidence.
  • Supporting fact Downgraded disease context: not a colorectal/GI cancer cohort. Contributed to match or upgrade evidence.
  • Supporting fact Processed data is available for downstream review. Contributed to match or upgrade evidence.
  • Supporting fact 4 warnings require review. Contributed to match or upgrade evidence.
  • Caution fact Total sample count is below the minimum needed for two comparison groups. Contributed to downgrade or manual-review evidence.
  • Caution fact Secondary RNA assay context such as small RNA, miRNA, circRNA, or non-coding RNA was detected. Contributed to downgrade or manual-review evidence.
  • Caution fact Disease or condition label could not be normalized. Contributed to downgrade or manual-review evidence.
  • Caution fact Tissue or cell type could not be normalized. Contributed to downgrade or manual-review evidence.
  • Caution fact Small RNA, miRNA, circRNA, or extracellular-vesicle RNA context downgraded for primary mRNA tissue ranking. Contributed to downgrade or manual-review evidence.
  • Caution fact Non-colorectal cancer context downgraded for colorectal tumor-vs-normal tissue ranking. Contributed to downgrade or manual-review evidence.
  • Caution fact Missing or unclear metadata: Disease clarity: Disease or condition metadata was not normalized. Contributed to downgrade or manual-review evidence.
  • Caution fact Missing or unclear metadata: Tissue clarity: Tissue metadata was not normalized. Contributed to downgrade or manual-review evidence.
  • Caution fact Missing or unclear metadata: Treatment clarity: No unclear treatment split detected in the sample metadata. Contributed to downgrade or manual-review evidence.
  • Caution fact Overall score capped because comparison suitability is weak for the selected search intent. Contributed to downgrade or manual-review evidence.
  • Caution fact Overall score capped because fewer than six samples are too small for top-ranked cohort confidence. Contributed to downgrade or manual-review evidence.
  • Caution fact Overall score capped because secondary RNA assays are not primary mRNA tissue RNA-seq. Contributed to downgrade or manual-review evidence.
  • Caution fact Overall score capped because tumor/normal grouping is from a non-colorectal cancer context. Contributed to downgrade or manual-review evidence.
  • Caution fact Downgraded disease context: not a colorectal/GI cancer cohort. Contributed to downgrade or manual-review evidence.
  • Caution fact Comparison suitability score is below the Phase 1 recommended threshold. Contributed to downgrade or manual-review evidence.

Manual Corrections

0 active

Source Evidence

4 sources

GEO

Primary source

Original dataset metadata, sample metadata, source links, and GEO data availability flags.

Dataset accession
GSE216115
Sample records
2 GSM samples
  • GEO has priority for original metadata under the Phase 3J source rules.
  • Processed data: available.
  • Raw data: available.
  • No external source conflict is present in the current runtime data.

recount3

Not imported

Planned trusted source for processed count availability.

GEO accession
GSE216115
  • No recount3 project identifier has been imported for this dataset.
  • Once imported, recount3 has priority for processed count availability.
  • The recount3 source filter excludes this dataset until that linkage exists.
No recount3 sync data available.

Expression Atlas

Not imported

Planned source for curated expression experiment links.

GEO accession
GSE216115
  • No Expression Atlas experiment identifier has been imported for this dataset.
  • Once imported, Expression Atlas has priority for curated expression experiment links.
  • The Expression Atlas source filter excludes this dataset until that linkage exists.
No Expression Atlas sync data available.

PubMed

Unavailable

Publication context when PubMed identifiers are already known.

GEO accession
GSE216115
  • No PubMed identifier is present in the current runtime metadata.
  • No live PubMed search is performed from the dataset detail page.
No publication identifier imported.

Dataset Feedback

0 stored

Original GEO Metadata

dataset_accession: GSE216115
dataset_title: Biological function and mechanism of circRNA in the occurrence and development of hepatocellular carcinoma
organism: Homo sapiens
assay_type: bulk RNA-seq
processed_data_available: true
raw_data_available: true
submission_date: 2022-10-19
last_update_date: 2023-08-10
organization_name: Guangxi Medical University
department: Not available
public_date: 2023-08-10
experiment_types: Non-coding RNA profiling by high throughput sequencing
platforms: GPL24676 Illumina NovaSeq 6000 (Homo sapiens)
sub_series: Not available
bioproject: PRJNA892102
supplementary_files: TXT: GSE216115_Tumor_HCCVSNormal_circRNA_differential_expression.txt.gz
series_type: Series

Why It Matched

  • Tumor vs matched normal · Tissue · suitability 0%.
  • Prioritized for patient tissue tumor-vs-normal triage.
  • Prioritized assay: bulk RNA-seq is the active assay expectation.
  • Downgraded disease context: not a colorectal/GI cancer cohort.
  • Processed data is available for downstream review.
  • 4 warnings require review.

Why It May Not Be Suitable

  • Total sample count is below the minimum needed for two comparison groups.
  • Secondary RNA assay context such as small RNA, miRNA, circRNA, or non-coding RNA was detected.
  • Disease or condition label could not be normalized.
  • Tissue or cell type could not be normalized.
  • Small RNA, miRNA, circRNA, or extracellular-vesicle RNA context downgraded for primary mRNA tissue ranking.
  • Non-colorectal cancer context downgraded for colorectal tumor-vs-normal tissue ranking.
  • Missing or unclear metadata: Disease clarity: Disease or condition metadata was not normalized.
  • Missing or unclear metadata: Tissue clarity: Tissue metadata was not normalized.
  • Missing or unclear metadata: Treatment clarity: No unclear treatment split detected in the sample metadata.
  • Overall score capped because comparison suitability is weak for the selected search intent.
  • Overall score capped because fewer than six samples are too small for top-ranked cohort confidence.
  • Overall score capped because secondary RNA assays are not primary mRNA tissue RNA-seq.
  • Overall score capped because tumor/normal grouping is from a non-colorectal cancer context.
  • Downgraded disease context: not a colorectal/GI cancer cohort.
  • Comparison suitability score is below the Phase 1 recommended threshold.

Warnings

  • warning SAMPLE_COUNT_BELOW_THRESHOLD Total sample count is below the minimum needed for two comparison groups.
  • warning SECONDARY_ASSAY_CONTEXT Secondary RNA assay context such as small RNA, miRNA, circRNA, or non-coding RNA was detected.
  • warning DISEASE_LABEL_UNCLEAR Disease or condition label could not be normalized.
  • warning TISSUE_TYPE_MISSING Tissue or cell type could not be normalized.

Normalized Fields

6 fields
Field Value Source Origin Confidence Evidence Reason
assay_type bulk RNA-seq dataset GSE216115 Runtime Siftome inference GEO:dataset:GSE216115:b56cb77503d6b3588c9f26294495f649735d9ba182a6f7c3cbdcce403e85908f high confidence bulk rna-seq dataset_accession: GSE216115 dataset_title: Biological function and mechanism of circRNA in the occurrence and development of hepatocellular carcinoma organism: Homo sapiens ass... keyword match keyword match: bulk rna-seq
normal_tissue_type adjacent normal sample GSM6658857 Runtime Siftome inference GEO:sample:GSM6658857:8106f314358df74a5ad1ca14c3f8152a1d75617d863409742cae9bc9b36b84b5 high confidence normal adjacent sample_accession: GSM6658857 sample_title: tissue, Normal source_name: Normal adjacent tissue of HCC characteristics: disease state: hepatocellular carcinoma; tissue: Normal adj... controlled vocabulary controlled vocabulary normal tissue type match: normal adjacent
organism Homo sapiens dataset GSE216115 Runtime Siftome inference GEO:dataset:GSE216115:b56cb77503d6b3588c9f26294495f649735d9ba182a6f7c3cbdcce403e85908f high confidence homo sapiens dataset_accession: GSE216115 dataset_title: Biological function and mechanism of circRNA in the occurrence and development of hepatocellular carcinoma organism: Homo sapiens ass... keyword match keyword match: homo sapiens
sample_type normal tissue sample GSM6658857 Runtime Siftome inference GEO:sample:GSM6658857:8106f314358df74a5ad1ca14c3f8152a1d75617d863409742cae9bc9b36b84b5 high confidence normal adjacent sample_accession: GSM6658857 sample_title: tissue, Normal source_name: Normal adjacent tissue of HCC characteristics: disease state: hepatocellular carcinoma; tissue: Normal adj... controlled vocabulary controlled vocabulary sample type match: normal adjacent
sample_type tumor sample sample GSM6658857 Runtime Siftome inference GEO:sample:GSM6658857:8106f314358df74a5ad1ca14c3f8152a1d75617d863409742cae9bc9b36b84b5 medium confidence carcinoma sample_accession: GSM6658857 sample_title: tissue, Normal source_name: Normal adjacent tissue of HCC characteristics: disease state: hepatocellular carcinoma; tissue: Normal adj... controlled vocabulary controlled vocabulary sample type match: carcinoma
sample_type tumor sample sample GSM6658858 Runtime Siftome inference GEO:sample:GSM6658858:5d460de5cc140682b7cce68e1b0589dd4a60473c99d2575506af20bfff12b41f low confidence tumor sample_accession: GSM6658858 sample_title: tissue, Tumor_HCC source_name: HCC tissue characteristics: disease state: hepatocellular carcinoma; tissue: HCC tissue tissue, Tumor_HCC controlled vocabulary controlled vocabulary sample type match: tumor

Sample Group Preview

Possible case samples

Samples currently treated as the comparison case group.

1
  • GSM6658858 tissue, Tumor_HCC tumor sample Case marker detected. HCC tissue disease state: hepatocellular carcinoma; tissue: HCC tissue

Possible control samples

Samples currently treated as controls or baseline.

1
  • GSM6658857 tissue, Normal normal tissue Control marker detected. Normal adjacent tissue of HCC disease state: hepatocellular carcinoma; tissue: Normal adjacent tissue of HCC

Unassigned samples

Samples with no explicit case or control marker.

0

No samples

Excluded samples

Samples excluded from grouping by hard exclusion rules.

0

No samples

Ambiguous samples

Samples that need manual review before trusting grouping.

0

No samples

Metadata Quality Components

Persisted metadata quality

70 pts
Clarity
70%
Weight
100 pts

Sample source clarity: All samples have source metadata and clear GSE/GSM accessions. Group clarity: Rule-based grouping found both case and control samples. Disease clarity: Disease or condition metadata was not normalized. Tissue clarity: Tissue metadata was not normalized. Treatment clarity: No unclear treatment split detected in the sample metadata. Replicate clarity: No pooled sample or technical replicate flags detected. Data availability clarity: Dataset-level processed or raw data availability is explicit.

Detected Sample Groups

normal tissue

1 sample
  • GSM6658857 tissue, Normal Normal adjacent tissue of HCC disease state: hepatocellular carcinoma; tissue: Normal adjacent tissue of HCC

tumor sample

1 sample
  • GSM6658858 tissue, Tumor_HCC HCC tissue disease state: hepatocellular carcinoma; tissue: HCC tissue

Score Breakdown

50%

relevance

  • Organism normalized.
  • Assay type normalized.
0%

comparison suitability

  • Tumor and normal sample groups detected.
  • No excluded sample type flags detected.
  • Matched tumor/normal design boosted for colorectal tumor-vs-normal tissue triage.
  • Patient tissue or biopsy specimens boosted for tissue comparison triage.
  • Small RNA, miRNA, circRNA, or extracellular-vesicle RNA context downgraded for primary mRNA tissue ranking.
  • Non-colorectal cancer context downgraded for colorectal tumor-vs-normal tissue ranking.
70%

metadata quality

  • Sample source clarity: All samples have source metadata and clear GSE/GSM accessions.
  • Group clarity: Rule-based grouping found both case and control samples.
  • Disease clarity: Disease or condition metadata was not normalized.
  • Tissue clarity: Tissue metadata was not normalized.
  • Treatment clarity: No unclear treatment split detected in the sample metadata.
  • Replicate clarity: No pooled sample or technical replicate flags detected.
  • Data availability clarity: Dataset-level processed or raw data availability is explicit.
100%

data availability

  • Processed data available.
  • Raw data available.
34%

overall

  • Weighted score: 30% relevance, 30% comparison suitability, 25% metadata quality, 15% data availability.
  • Overall score capped because comparison suitability is weak for the selected search intent.
  • Overall score capped because fewer than six samples are too small for top-ranked cohort confidence.
  • Overall score capped because secondary RNA assays are not primary mRNA tissue RNA-seq.
  • Overall score capped because tumor/normal grouping is from a non-colorectal cancer context.

Sample Links

2 samples

Review Audit Trail

0 decisions

No review decisions have been stored for this dataset.