[HTML][HTML] Massively parallel digital transcriptional profiling of single cells

GXY Zheng, JM Terry, P Belgrader, P Ryvkin… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
GXY Zheng, JM Terry, P Belgrader, P Ryvkin, ZW Bent, R Wilson, SB Ziraldo, TD Wheeler
Nature communications, 2017nature.com
Characterizing the transcriptome of individual cells is fundamental to understanding
complex biological systems. We describe a droplet-based system that enables 3′ mRNA
counting of tens of thousands of single cells per sample. Cell encapsulation, of up to 8
samples at a time, takes place in∼ 6 min, with∼ 50% cell capture efficiency. To demonstrate
the system's technical performance, we collected transcriptome data from∼ 250k single
cells across 29 samples. We validated the sensitivity of the system and its ability to detect …
Abstract
Characterizing the transcriptome of individual cells is fundamental to understanding complex biological systems. We describe a droplet-based system that enables 3′ mRNA counting of tens of thousands of single cells per sample. Cell encapsulation, of up to 8 samples at a time, takes place in ∼6 min, with ∼50% cell capture efficiency. To demonstrate the system’s technical performance, we collected transcriptome data from ∼250k single cells across 29 samples. We validated the sensitivity of the system and its ability to detect rare populations using cell lines and synthetic RNAs. We profiled 68k peripheral blood mononuclear cells to demonstrate the system’s ability to characterize large immune populations. Finally, we used sequence variation in the transcriptome data to determine host and donor chimerism at single-cell resolution from bone marrow mononuclear cells isolated from transplant patients.
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