Autoimmune-wide landscape of circulating CD4+ T cells unveils disease-specific heritability and phenotypic changes

While CD4+ T cells are involved in autoimmunity, how they contribute to the pathogenesis is unclear due to their cellular heterogeneity. Here, to analyze the heterogeneity, we utilized decomposition-based transcriptome characterization for evaluating non-discrete subsets of CD4+ T cells in addition to canonical clustering strategies. This approach identified 12 independent transcriptional gene programs governing whole CD4+ T cell heterogeneity, which can explain the ambiguity of the canonical clustering.

• Type: Transcriptome Sequencing
• Archiver: Japanese Genotype-phenotype Archive (JGA)