nf-core/airrflow:一种适应性免疫受体谱系分析工作流程,采用Imcantation框架
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
|January 31, 2024
概括
我们开发了nf-core/airrflow,这是一个可扩展的工作流程,用于自适应性免疫受体列表测序 (AIRR-seq) 数据分析. 该工具增强了B细胞和T细胞受体序列的处理,用于免疫谱系研究.
科学领域:
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 生物信息学是一种生物信息学.
- 计算生物学 计算生物学
背景情况:
- 适应性免疫受体谱序列测序 (AIRR-seq) 对于了解各种疾病中的免疫反应至关重要.
- 现有的AIRR-seq数据分析工具缺乏用于高性能计算的可扩展性和并行化.
- 重建B细胞和T细胞受体序列和推断克隆关系是AIRR-seq数据分析中的关键挑战.
研究的目的:
- 开发一个强大,可扩展和可移植的端到端工作流程,用于处理批量和单细胞AIRR-seq数据.
- 将Imcantation框架集成到基于Nextflow的管道中,用于标准化的AIRR-seq数据分析.
- 证明工作流程在高吞吐量分析和免疫列表发现的验证中的适用性.
主要方法:
- 开发了nf-core/airrflow,这是一个基于Nextflow的工作流程,集成了Imcantation框架.
- 利用模拟和真实AIRR-seq数据集,包括批量和单细胞数据,进行性能评估.
- 应用工作流来分析COVID-19患者和健康对照组的适应性免疫反应.
主要成果:
- nf-core/airrflow证明了有效的并行化和可扩展性,用于处理大型AIRR-seq数据集.
- 工作流成功处理了模拟和真实测序数据,包括错误评估.
- 在196个个体的队列中对SARS-CoV-2的融合抗体反应的验证和扩展的发现.
结论:
- nf-core/airrflow为高通量AIRR-seq数据分析提供了强大且易于使用的解决方案.
- 工作流程有助于验证免疫谱的发现和对公共数据集的重新分析.
- 该工具增强了对健康和疾病中的免疫状态的研究,支持传染病,自身免疫和癌症的研究.
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