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By sequencing the transcriptomes of 1 million cells, we were able to clarify the high level and distinct sub-types of cells that were found in each sample. With more than 27K cells captured from each sample, gene expression profiles were generated for low frequency cell types. See the UMAP in Figure 1 (below), which contains clusters of both subtypes of classical dendritic cells (cDC1, cDC2) and plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDC) that are normally not captured in scRNA-seq assays with fewer cell numbers.
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Figure 1: UMAP of 1 million PBMCs analyzed in a single experiment with the Parse Biosciences Evercode™ Whole Transcriptome Mega Kit. Several low frequency cell types (cDC1, cDC2, pDC) can be distinguished among the clusters.
Samples included 12 healthy donors and 12 Type-1 diabetic donors. These samples were collected a few samples at a time over a three-week period until all 24 samples had been collected (see Figure 2, below).
The samples used for this study were peripheral blood mononuclear cell samples (PBMCs) that were purchased from a commercial source. Donors signed an informed consent agreement at the time of sample collection.
Figure 2: Diagram of the experimental workflow, starting with collecting 24 samples over a three-week period. Samples were fixed at the time of collection and stored at -80C until all samples had been collected and fixed. Then all 24 samples were processed with a single Evercode Whole Transcriptome Mega kit to generate more than 1 million individually barcoded cells that were used to generate a sequencing library. Sequencing was performed with an Illumina Novaseq.
Figure 2 (above) illustrates the workflow for this experiment. As samples were collected, they were fixed using a Parse Biosciences Cell Fixation Kit to stabilize the cell structure and protect the RNA transcriptome from degradation.
Fixed samples were stored at -80C until all samples were ready for further processing in a single experiment with the Parse Biosciences Evercode Whole Transcriptome Mega kit, followed by sequencing on a S4 flow cell with an Illumina Novaseq 6000.
The resulting FASTQ files were analyzed using v0.9.6 of our data analysis pipeline. This analysis generated 24 individual Experimental Summary Report files, one for each individual sample used in the study.
Screenshots of the data visualization from a single Experimental Summary Report file (from Sample 15) is below (Figures 3 and 4).
Figure 3: Screenshot of the Summary tab from the Experimental Summary Report file from sample 15 (a Type 1 Diabetes patient) processed as part of this 1 Million Cell study. Information provided includes estimated number of cells analyzed from the sample, median number of transcripts and genes detected from the cell, as well as other sample and sequencing quality metrics.
Figure 4: A screenshot of the Clustering tab from the Experimental Summary Report file from the same sample as show in Figure 3. A UMAP graph of the clusters of different cells identified from the donor is shown on the right. On the left is a table of what genes were identified within each cluster.
The bar chart below (Figure 5) contains the number of cells analyzed from each sample as well as breakdown of the different cell types identified within each sample.
Figure 5: Bar chart with the total number of cells analyzed per sample, as well as the proportion of each cell type within the sample. At least 27K cells were analyzed from each sample and in some cases more than 60K. Representation of rare cell types like dendritic sub-types cDC1, cDC2, and pDC could be found across all samples.
Experimental Summary Reports for the 1 Million Cells Project. Each file represents one sample.
HTML: Sample 01 Healthy Experimental Summary Report (18 MB) Sample 02 Healthy Experimental Summary Report (24 MB) Sample 03 Healthy Experimental Summary Report (22 MB) Sample 04 Healthy Experimental Summary Report (17 MB) Sample 05 Healthy Experimental Summary Report (22 MB) Sample 06 Healthy Experimental Summary Report (18 MB) Sample 07 Healthy Experimental Summary Report (21 MB) Sample 08 Healthy Experimental Summary Report (22 MB) Sample 09 Healthy Experimental Summary Report (26 MB) Sample 10 Healthy Experimental Summary Report (16 MB) Sample 11 Healthy Experimental Summary Report (16 MB) Sample 12 Healthy Experimental Summary Report (22 MB) Sample 13 Diabetic Experimental Summary Report (22 MB) Sample 14 Diabetic Experimental Summary Report (19 MB) Sample 15 Diabetic Experimental Summary Report (20 MB) Sample 16 Diabetic Experimental Summary Report (17 MB) Sample 17 Diabetic Experimental Summary Report (15 MB) Sample 18 Diabetic Experimental Summary Report (21 MB) Sample 19 Diabetic Experimental Summary Report (18 MB) Sample 20 Diabetic Experimental Summary Report (18 MB) Sample 21 Diabetic Experimental Summary Report (20 MB) Sample 22 Diabetic Experimental Summary Report (19 MB) Sample 23 Diabetic Experimental Summary Report (16 MB) Sample 24 Diabetic Experimental Summary Report (19 MB)