ATACseq of CD4 and CD8 T cells from CLL patients and age-matched HD

This study investigates chromatin accessibility landscapes in CD4+ and CD8+ T cells from patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and age-matched healthy donors (HD). Briefly, peripheral blood T cells were isolated using magnetic bead-based negative selection, with CD4+ or CD8+ fractions further purified by FACS sorting. Samples were either used at baseline or after 2 days of acd3-cd28 stimulation in vitro. ATAC-seq libraries were generated using the Omni-ATAC protocol and sequenced as paired-end reads on an Illumina NovaSeq platform. Data were processed using the ENCODE ATAC-seq pipeline, including quality control, adapter trimming, alignment to the GRCh38 reference genome, duplicate removal, and assessment of library quality metrics. Accessible chromatin regions were identified by peak calling, followed by differential accessibility analysis between CLL and HD samples using DESeq2 within DiffBind. The study aims to define disease-associated regulatory changes in T cell subsets in CLL, with emphasis on epigenetic alterations underlying T cell dysfunction we report in out in vitro readouts.

• Type: Epigenetics
• Archive: European Genome-phenome Archive (EGA)