CITEseq of lymphocytes from pancreatic lymph nodes, mesenteric lymph nodes, and spleen from 20 Human Pancreas Analysis Program (HPAP) donors
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ABSTRACT: Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is caused by the autoimmune destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells, leading to life-long dependence on exogenous insulin. Profiling immune cells that infiltrate islets would be invaluable to understanding how beta cell destruction occurs. However, human pancreatic samples demonstrating active infiltration and beta cell destruction are rare. Alternatively, peri-pancreatic lymph nodes (pLNs) or other secondary lymphoid organs may harbor immune cells which participate in memory responses that drive T1D autoimmunity. To study the immune response throughout T1D onset and disease, lymphocytes from pLNs, mesenteric lymph nodes (mesLNs), and the spleen were collected from human T1D, auto-antibody positive (AAb+), and normal donors (NDs) enrolled in the Human Pancreas Analysis Program (HPAP). Tissue immune cell identity, phenotype, and transcriptional status was analyzed using Cellular Indexing of Transcriptomes and Epitopes by Sequencing (CITEseq). Lymphocytes from 20 pLN, 12 mesLN, and 18 spleen samples spanning 6 ND, 7 AAb+, and 7 T1D donors were thawed and processed through the CITEseq pipeline. At least 5 donors per disease group had a paired pLN and spleen sample, with at least 3 of the 5 donors per disease group having a paired mesLN sample, allowing for cross-tissue immune status comparison spanning multiple stages of disease onset. The dataset provides one of the first and largest CITEseq datasets on human AAb+ and T1D samples publicly available.
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE221787 | GEO | 2023/01/03
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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