文章题目:Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals B cell–related molecular biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease期刊:Experimental & Molecular Medicine
日期:8 December 2021
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s12276-021-00714-8
相关实验包括:Open field test、Morris water maze test、Y-maze test、Immunohistochemistry staining
3、分析步骤与结果
3.1 单细胞结果初步数据分析
(1)对数据质控、降维、分群、细胞类型注释,后续主要关注其中6种细胞类型。
作者使用的细胞类型marker gene
注释结果的降维可视化
(2)样本基于AD与Normal分组的总体差异基因分析与细胞比例变化
关于细胞类型比例变化,原文中说:
In the PBMCs of early and late AD patients, the percentage of B cells was visibly decreased compared with that of normal controls (Fig. 2e, f, Supplementary Table 2).
可结合图片以及附件材料来看,感觉B细胞比例在AD与Normal中的差异也不是特别明显吧。
Alzheimer’s disease enrichment ranked first among the signaling pathways enriched for upregulated genes in B cells. In addition, upregulated genes in CD8+ T cells and NK cells were also enriched in Alzheimer’s disease, ranking second and fifth, respectively. Immediately, the investigation value of B cells in AD stands out of other cell subsets
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3.2 B细胞的深入分析
(1)结合单细胞数据,分析B细胞的特征上调基因与下调基因(在其它细胞类型中不差异表达)
361 specific upregulated genes and 438 specific downregulated genes
(2)结合流式分选结果,分析AD病人外周血细胞比例
AD与Nomral的B细胞比例具有显著差异;
AD病人的CDR评分与B细胞比例呈负相关
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(3)在AD造模小鼠(B cell depletion)中验证B细胞功能的验证
AD mice with B cell inactivation suffered much more severe cognitive deficits than AD controls.
AD mice with B cell inactivation suffered a significantly increased number and area of Aβ plaques in the cortex and hippocampus.