To evaluate 3 different tissue dissociation protocols or fresh vs. frozen cell preparations, we performed single-cell RNA sequencing on cancer or distant normal tissue dissociates from 2 colorectal cancer patients. Total 18,409 cells from 10 sample preparations were analyzed (5 primary colorectal cancer and 5 matched normal mucosa). The results suggest highly consistent cellular proportions were recovered with different sample preparation methods.

To evaluate 3 different tissue dissociation protocols or fresh vs. frozen cell preparations, we performed single-cell RNA sequencing on cancer or distant normal tissue dissociates from 2 colorectal cancer patients. Total 18,409 cells from 10 sample preparations were analyzed (5 primary colorectal cancer and 5 matched normal mucosa). The results suggest highly consistent cellular proportions were recovered with different sample preparation methods.