Computational immunogenomic approaches to predict response to cancer immunotherapies

V Addala, F Newell, JV Pearson, A Redwood… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Cancer immunogenomics is an emerging field that bridges genomics and immunology. The
establishment of large-scale genomic collaborative efforts along with the development of …

TRUST4: immune repertoire reconstruction from bulk and single-cell RNA-seq data

L Song, D Cohen, Z Ouyang, Y Cao, X Hu, XS Liu - Nature methods, 2021 - nature.com
We introduce the TRUST4 open-source algorithm for reconstruction of immune receptor
repertoires in αβ/γδ T cells and B cells from RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) data. Compared …

The T cell receptor repertoire of tumor infiltrating T cells is predictive and prognostic for cancer survival

S Valpione, PA Mundra, E Galvani… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Tumor infiltration by T cells is paramount for effective anti-cancer immune responses. We
hypothesized that the T cell receptor (TCR) repertoire of tumor infiltrating T lymphocytes …

RNA-seq data science: From raw data to effective interpretation

D Deshpande, K Chhugani, Y Chang… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) has become an exemplary technology in modern biology and
clinical science. Its immense popularity is due in large part to the continuous efforts of the …

Systematic memory B cell archiving and random display shape the human splenic marginal zone throughout life

A Kibler, B Budeus, E Homp, K Bronischewski… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - rupress.org
Human memory B cells (MBCs) are generated and diversified in secondary lymphoid tissues
throughout the organism. A paired immunoglobulin (Ig)-gene repertoire analysis of …

Whole blood transcriptomics identifies subclasses of pediatric septic shock

JO Yang, MS Zinter, M Pellegrini, MY Wong, K Gala… - Critical Care, 2023 - Springer
Background Sepsis is a highly heterogeneous syndrome, which has hindered the
development of effective therapies. This has prompted investigators to develop a precision …

Different B cell subpopulations show distinct patterns in their IgH repertoire metrics

M Ghraichy, V von Niederhäusern, A Kovaltsuk… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Several human B cell subpopulations are recognised in the peripheral blood, which play
distinct roles in the humoral immune response. These cells undergo developmental and …

Human IgM–expressing memory B cells

B Budeus, A Kibler, R Küppers - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
A hallmark of T cell dependent (TD) humoral immune responses is the generation of long–
lived memory B cells. The generation of these cells occurs primarily in the germinal center …

Comprehensive characterizations of immune receptor repertoire in tumors and cancer immunotherapy studies

L Song, Z Ouyang, D Cohen, Y Cao, J Altreuter… - Cancer immunology …, 2022 - AACR
We applied our computational algorithm TRUST4 to assemble immune receptor (T-cell
receptor/B-cell receptor) repertoires from approximately 12,000 RNA sequencing samples …

Antigen-specificity measurements are the key to understanding T cell responses

R Tippalagama, LY Chihab, K Kearns, S Lewis… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Antigen-specific T cells play a central role in the adaptive immune response and come in a
wide range of phenotypes. T cell receptors (TCRs) mediate the antigen-specificities found in …