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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2024

Development of a Spectral Flow Cytometry Analysis Pipeline for High-Dimensional Immune Cell Characterization.

Donald Vardaman, Md Akkas Ali, Chase Bolding, Harrison Tidwell, Holly Stephens, Daniel J Tyrrell

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Donald VardamanDepartment of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35205 USA.
Md Akkas AliDepartment of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35205 USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3626-3393
Chase BoldingDepartment of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35205 USA.
Harrison TidwellDepartment of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35205 USA.
Holly StephensDepartment of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35205 USA.
Daniel J TyrrellDepartment of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35205 USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0811-6724

Funding

XRAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA013148 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI Omer Jamy · 1985 to 2026
$165.9M
Virology CoreP30AI027767 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI Paul A. Goepfert · 1988 to 2026
$84.1M
Sex hormones and arthritis in a long lived animal modelP30AG050886 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI Jianhua Zhang · 2015 to 2026
$11.3M
Cerebrovascular Mitochondrial Function in Aging and Ischemic InjuryR00AG068309 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI TYRRELL, DANIEL · 2022 to 2024
$744k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA013148NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI027767NIA NIH HHS P30 AG050886NIA NIH HHS R00 AG068309
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Flow cytometry is a widely used technique for immune cell analysis, offering insights into cell composition and function. Spectral flow cytometry allows for high-dimensional analysis of immune cells, overcoming limitations of conventional flow cytometry. However, analyzing data from large antibody panels can be challenging using traditional bi-axial gating strategies. Here, we present a novel analysis pipeline designed to improve analysis of spectral flow cytometry. We employ this method to identify rare T cell populations in aging. We isolated splenocytes from young (2-3 months) and aged (18-19 months) female mice then stained these with a panel of 20 fluorescently labeled antibodies. Spectral flow cytometry was performed, followed by data processing and analysis using Python within a Jupyter Notebook environment to perform batch correction, unsupervised clustering, dimensionality reduction, and differential expression analysis. Our analysis of 3,776,804 T cells from 11 spleens revealed 34 distinct T cell clusters identified by surface marker expression. We observed significant differences between young and aged mice, with certain clusters enriched in one age group over the other. Naïve, effector memory, and central memory CD8

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