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IMMUNOLOGY. An interactive reference framework for modeling a dynamic immune system.

ABSTRACT: Immune cells function in an interacting hierarchy that coordinates the activities of various cell types according to genetic and environmental contexts. We developed graphical approaches to construct an extensible immune reference map from mass cytometry data of cells from different organs, incorporating landmark cell populations as flags on the map to compare cells from distinct samples. The maps recapitulated canonical cellular phenotypes and revealed reproducible, tissue-specific deviations. The approach revealed influences of genetic variation and circadian rhythms on immune system structure, enabled direct comparisons of murine and human blood cell phenotypes, and even enabled archival fluorescence-based flow cytometry data to be mapped onto the reference framework. This foundational reference map provides a working definition of systemic immune organization to which new data can be integrated to reveal deviations driven by genetics, environment, or pathology.

SUBMITTER: Spitzer MH

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4537647 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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IMMUNOLOGY. An interactive reference framework for modeling a dynamic immune system.

Spitzer Matthew H MH Gherardini Pier Federico PF Fragiadakis Gabriela K GK Bhattacharya Nupur N Yuan Robert T RT Hotson Andrew N AN Finck Rachel R Carmi Yaron Y Zunder Eli R ER Fantl Wendy J WJ Bendall Sean C SC Engleman Edgar G EG Nolan Garry P GP

Science (New York, N.Y.) 20150701 6244

Immune cells function in an interacting hierarchy that coordinates the activities of various cell types according to genetic and environmental contexts. We developed graphical approaches to construct an extensible immune reference map from mass cytometry data of cells from different organs, incorporating landmark cell populations as flags on the map to compare cells from distinct samples. The maps recapitulated canonical cellular phenotypes and revealed reproducible, tissue-specific deviations. ...[more]

PMID: 26160952

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IMMUNOLOGY. An interactive reference framework for modeling a dynamic immune system.

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IMMUNOLOGY. An interactive reference framework for modeling a dynamic immune system.

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