Gene Expression
Nebulas
Gene Expression NebulasSummary: IL-10 is a prototypical anti-inflammatory cytokine, which is fundamental to the maintenance of immune homeostasis, especially in the intestine. There is an assumption that cells producing IL-10 have an immunoregulatory function. However, here we report that IL-10-producing CD4+ T cells are phenotypically and functionally heterogeneous. By combining single cell transcriptome and functional analyses, we identified a subpopulation of IL-10-producing Foxp3Neg CD4+ T cells that displays regulatory activity unlike other IL-10-producing CD4+ T cells, which are unexpectedly pro-inflammatory. The combinatorial expression of co-inhibitory receptors is sufficient to discriminate IL-10-producing CD4+ T cells with regulatory function from others and to identify them across different tissues and disease models in mice and humans. These regulatory IL-10-producing Foxp3Neg CD4+ T cells have a unique transcriptional program, which goes beyond the regulation of IL-10 expression. Finally, we found that patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), demonstrate a deficiency in this specific regulatory T-cell subpopulation.
Overall Design: We performed scRNA-seq analysis of IL-10-producing CD4+ T cells isolated from the blood (PBMCs) of two healthy donors
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| Extract Protocol: | Libraries were generated using the 10x Genomics Chromium platform |
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| Molecule Type: | poly(A)+ RNA |
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| Library Layout: | PAIRED |
| Library Strand: | Forward |
| Platform: | ILLUMINA |
| Instrument Model: | Illumina HiSeq 4000 |
| Strand-Specific: | Specific |