Table 1.

Brief description of applied GEO data

Accession number	Experimental design	Disease stage or treatment	References
GSE33426	Three-dimensional tumor profiling reveals minimal mRNA heterogeneity in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma	Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma	PMID: 22280838
GSE24931	Bile acids promote adenocarcinoma in a novel transgenic mouse model of Barrett’s esophagus	Esophageal adenocarcinoma	PMID: 22264787
GSE9768	Identification of genes modulated by acid and bile in a Barrett’s esophagus cell line	Barrett’s esophagus cell line exposure to acid, a mixture of primary bile acids and deoxycholic acid, respectively	NA