Abstract
Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) is a powerful tool to study immune cells, which enables an unbiased way to discover novel cell populations, biological meaningful cellular heterogeneity, and cell lineage development trajectories. Advances in scRNA-seq technologies and computational data analysis have driven a revolution in our understanding of the immune system in health and disease. Technically, the key step for scRNA-seq analysis is making a high-quality cDNA library for sequencing. Here, we describe a plate-based protocol to prepare single-cell cDNA library of bone marrow innate lymphoid precursors for next generation sequencing-based transcriptome analysis.
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Yu, Y., Liu, P. (2019). Usage of Single-Cell RNA Sequencing to Unveil Immune Lymphoid Cell Precursors. In: López-Soto, A., Folgueras, A. (eds) Cancer Immunosurveillance. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1884. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8885-3_5
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