Highly multiplexed immunofluorescence images and single-cell data of immune markers in tonsil and lung cancer
Rumana Rashid1,2,3,4, Giorgio Gaglia1,2,3, Yu-An Chen2,3
1Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Abstract:
In this data descriptor, we document a dataset of multiplexed immunofluorescence images and derived single-cell measurements of immune lineage and other markers in formaldehyde-fixed and paraffin-embedded (FFPE) human tonsil and lung cancer tissue. We used tissue cyclic immunofluorescence (t-CyCIF) to generate fluorescence images which we artifact corrected using the BaSiC tool, stitched and registered using the ASHLAR algorithm, and segmented using ilastik software and MATLAB. We extracted single-cell features from these images using HistoCAT software. The resulting dataset can be visualized using image browsers and analyzed using high-dimensional, single-cell methods. This dataset is a valuable resource for biological discovery of the immune system in normal and diseased states as well as for the development of multiplexed image analysis and viewing tools.


