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Polarization of M1 and M2 Human Monocyte-Derived Cells and Analysis with Flow Cytometry upon Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection
Published on: September 18, 2020
Single-Cell Immune Profiling Suggests Non-Classical Monocyte Is Associated Immunodepression in Tuberculosis Treatment
Yiqun Xiong1, Yahong Qu1, Ying Wang1
1Department of Infectious Diseases, Ningbo Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China.
Abstract:
Sputum culture conversion (SCC) at 2 months is an early indicator of tuberculosis (TB) treatment response, yet the associated immune alterations remain incompletely defined. We performed single-cell RNA sequencing on peripheral blood mononuclear cells from eight TB patients, stratified by 2-month SCC status. Non-responders showed a relative enrichment of non-classical monocytes and higher TB progression risk scores. CellChat analysis inferred altered IL16 and TRAIL communication involving these cells. CD4+ Tregs in non-responders showed higher LGALS9 expression and inferred GALECTIN signalling towards cytotoxic lymphocyte subsets; cell-level LGALS9 co-expression correlated with HAVCR2 and TIGIT in non-responders. Mature NK subclusters showed distinct enrichment profiles. These results describe an observational, transcriptomic and computationally inferred immune network associated with early treatment non-response. They generate candidate biomarkers and hypotheses for prospective protein-level and functional validation.
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