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Ultra-sensitive detection of rare T cell clones

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Robins, Harlan, Desmarais, Cindy, Matthis, Jessica, Livingston, Robert, Andriesen, Jessica, Reijonen, Helena, Carlson, Christopher, Nepom, Gerold, Yee, Cassian, Cerosaletti, Karen·2012·Journal of Immunological Methods

Abstract

Advances in high-throughput sequencing have enabled technologies that probe the adaptive immune system with unprecedented depth. We have developed a multiplex PCR method to sequence tens of millions of T cell receptors (TCRs) from a single sample in a few days. A method is presented to test the precision, accuracy, and sensitivity of this assay. T cell clones, each with one fixed productive TCR rearrangement, are doped into complex blood cell samples. TCRs from a total of eleven samples are sequenced, with the doped T cell clones ranging from 10% of the total sample to 0.001% (one cell in 100,000). The assay is able to detect even the rarest clones. The precision of the assay is demonstrated across five orders of magnitude. The accuracy for each clone is within an overall factor of three across the 100,000 fold dynamic range. Additionally, the assay is shown to be highly repeatable.

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Authors
Robins, H., Desmarais, C., Matthis, J., Livingston, R., Andriesen, J., Reijonen, H., Carlson, C., Nepom, G., Yee, C., & Cerosaletti, K.
Venue
Journal of Immunological Methods
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2012-01
Volume
375
Issue
1-2
Pages
14-19
ISSN
0022-1759 (ISSN-L)
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3.19
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journal article
Language
en
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Robins, H., Desmarais, C., Matthis, J., Livingston, R., Andriesen, J., Reijonen, H., Carlson, C., Nepom, G., Yee, C., & Cerosaletti, K. (2012). Ultra-sensitive detection of rare T cell clones. Journal of Immunological Methods. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jim.2011.09.001

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