A Reproducibility-Based Computational Framework Identifies An Inducible, Enhanced Antiviral Dendritic Cell State In HIV-1 Elite Controllers (Sorted Bulk RNA-Seq)
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ABSTRACT: Human immunity relies on the coordinated responses of many cellular subsets and functional states. Inter-individual variations in cellular composition and communication could thus potentially alter host protection. Here, we explore this hypothesis by applying single-cell RNA-Seq to examine viral responses among the dendritic cells (DCs) of three elite controllers (ECs) of HIV-1 infection. We discover a highly functional antiviral DC state in ECs whose fractional abundance after in vitro exposure to HIV-1 correlates with higher CD4+ T cell counts and lower HIV-1 viral loads, and that effectively primes polyfunctional T cell responses in vitro. We identify and validate select immunomodulators that increase the fractional abundance of this state in primary peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from healthy individuals in vitro.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE108443 | GEO | 2017/12/23
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA427307
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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