Project description:In response to antigen challenge, human B cells clonally expand, undergo selection and differentiate within secondary lymphoid tissues to produce mature B cell subsets and high affinity antibodies necessary for an effective immune response. However, the interplay between affinity, antibody class and different B cell fates has proved challenging to decipher in primary human tissue. We have applied an integrated analysis of bulk and single-cell antibody repertoires paired with single-cell transcriptomics of human B cells from a model secondary lymphoid tissue. Specifically, here we have performed bulk B cell repertoire sequencing of the immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) for sorted B cell subsets from paediatric tonsil tissue. Matched single-cell gene expression and single-cell VDJ data are also available for the same patient donors.
Project description:We used an IL4-capture assay followed by FACS sorting, to isolate IL4-secreting TFH cells from a human tonsil and compared their transcriptomic profiles with CXCR5hi PD1hi IL4-negative tonsillar TFH cells and IL4-producing CXCR5neg non-TFH cells (TH2 cells). Our studies validate the notion of functionally distinct TFH subsets and identify genes that are specifically expressed in and define the human IL-4 secreting TFH cell subset.
Project description:In order to assess the miRNA signature of B cells undergoing the germinal center reaction, we isolated three subsets of B cells from tonsils--naive (N), germinal center (GC), and memory (M) and looked at their miRNA profile. We looked at three subsets of B cells, isolated from tonsils obtained from four different donors. Thus, we profiled a total of 12 samples, and each tonsillar subset--N, GC, and M, had four biological replicates.
Project description:The presented data corresponds to the analysis of two discrete subsets of human CD8+ naive T cells, defined by positive and negative expression of the chemokine receptor CXCR3 (TNR3-, TNR3+). In this study we demonstrated that these subsets have different potential to generate fully-differentiated effector T cells following antigen-specific stimulation. The performed systematic immune repertoire analysis (T cell receptor beta chain (TRB)) of the sorted cell subsets revealed diverse physico-chemical properties of TRB CDR3 sequences suggesting enhanced TCR self-reactivity in human TNR3+ cells. In total, we analyzed 74 samples (from 11 patients, 3 replicates of each cell subset (excluding one missing replicate) and additionally for 3 patients CD8+ memory T cells in 3 replicates). We used the Human TCR Profiling Kit (MiLaboratory LLC) for sequencing libraries preparation and Illumina NextSeq 550 sequencing (150+150bp) followed by the demultiplexing procedure using MIGEC software (https://github.com/mikessh/migec).
Project description:Affinity matured self-reactive antibodies are found in autoimmune diseases like systemic lupus erythematous. Here we used fate-mapping reporter mice and single cell transcriptomics coupled to antibody repertoire analysis to characterize the post-germinal center (GC) B cell compartment in a new mouse model of autoimmunity. Antibody secreting cells (ASCs) and memory B cells (MemBs) from spontaneous GCs grouped into multiple subclusters. ASCs matured into two terminal clusters, with distinct secretion, antibody repertoire and metabolic profiles. MemBs contained FCRL5+ and CD23+ subsets, with different in vivo localization in the spleen. GC-derived FCRL5+ MemBs share transcriptomic and repertoire properties with atypical B cells found in aging and infection and localize to the marginal zone, suggesting a similar contribution to rapid recall responses. While transcriptomically diverse, ASC and MemB subsets maintained an underlying clonal redundancy. Therefore, self-reactive clones could escape subset-targeting therapy by perpetuation of self-reactivity in distinct subsets.