Recovery of T cell receptor variable sequences from 3' barcoded single-cell RNA sequencing libraries

Heterogeneity of the immune system has increasingly necessitated the use of high-resolution techniques, including flow cytometry, RNA-seq, and mass spectrometry, to decipher the immune underpinnings of various diseases such as cancer and autoimmune disorders. In recent years, high-throughput single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) has gained popularity among immunologists due to its ability to effectively characterize thousands of individual immune cells from tissues. Current techniques, however, are limited in their ability to elucidate essential immune cell features, including variable sequences of T cell antigen receptors (TCRs) that confer antigen specificity. Incorporation of TCR sequencing into scRNA-seq data could identify cells with shared antigen-recognition, further elucidating dynamics of antigen-specific immune responses in T cells.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctoral

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2020

Author dc:creator

• Tu, Ang A.(Ang Andy)

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• J. Christopher Love.

• Biological Engineering.

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• MIT theses may be protected by copyright. Please reuse MIT thesis content according to the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy, which is available through the URL provided.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/127888

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/127888