NBDC Research ID: hum0492.v1

 

SUMMARY

Aims: Although advances in our understanding of the disease mechanisms and the development of new drugs has improved the prognosis for patients with immune-inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and autoimmune liver disease, there are still some patients who do not respond well to treatment or who are unable to discontinue the use of steroid drugs. This study aims to identify biomarkers, such as genes and proteins, that can be also used as new therapeutic targets in the blood and tissues of patients with these immune-inflammatory diseases who are starting new treatment.

Methods: Single cell RNA sequencing/TCR/BCR repertoire analyses, Spatial transcriptome analysis (Visium)

Participants/Materials: labial salivary glands from 28 patients with Sjögren's syndrome and 10 patients with Sicca

 

Dataset IDType of DataCriteriaRelease Date
JGAS000773

NGS (scRNA-seq/TCR/BCR repertoire)

NGS (Visium Spatial Gene Expression), Histological image

Controlled-access (Type I) 2025/08/12

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MOLECULAR DATA

scRNA-seq/TCR/BCR repertoire

Participants/Materials

Sjögren's syndrome (ICD10: M350): 19 cases

Sicca: 8 cases

     labial salivary glands: total 27 samples

(6 patients with Sjögren's syndrome and 3 patients with Sicca are also used in Visium analysis)

Targets scRNA-seq/TCR/BCR repertoire
Target Loci for Capture Methods -
Platform Illumina [HiSeq X]
Library Source RNAs extracted from T cell or B cell obtained from labial salivary glands
Cell Lines -
Library Construction (kit name) Chromium Next GEM Single Cell 5’ Library & Gel Bead Kit v1.1
Fragmentation Methods included in the above library construction kit
Spot Type Paired-end
Read Length (without Barcodes, Adaptors, Primers, and Linkers) 150 bp
Mapping Methods Cell Ranger (version 5.0.1)
Reference Genome Sequence GRCh38
Detecting method for read count (software) Cell Ranger (version 5.0.1)
Gene number 1478 on average
Repertoire analysis Methods (software) Cell Ranger (version 5.0.1)
QC Cell Ranger (version 5.0.1)
Japanese Genotype-phenotype Archive Dataset ID JGAD000915
Total Data Volume 1.24 TB (bam, csv)
Comments (Policies) NBDC policy

 

Visium Spatial Gene Expression, Histological image

Participants/Materials

Sjögren's syndrome (ICD10: M350): 15 cases

Sicca: 5 cases

     labial salivary glands: total 20 samples

(6 patients with Sjögren's syndrome and 3 patients with Sicca are also used in scRNA-seq/TCR/BCR repertoire analysis)

Targets Visium Spatial Gene Expression, Histological image
Target Loci for Capture Methods -
Platform MGI [DNBSEQ-G400]
Library Source labial salivary glands
Cell Lines -
Library Construction (kit name) Visium CytAssist Spatial Gene Expression for FFPE
Fragmentation Methods included in the above library construction kit
Spot Type Paired-end
Read Length (without Barcodes, Adaptors, Primers, and Linkers) read1: 28 bp, read2: 50 bp
Software spaceranger-2.0.1
Reference GRCh38
Tissue Image hematoxylin-eosin staining
Japanese Genotype-phenotype Archive Dataset ID JGAD000915
Total Data Volume 1.24 TB (fastq, jpg/tiff)
Comments (Policies) NBDC policy

 

DATA PROVIDER

Principal Investigator: Masaru Takeshita

Affiliation: Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine

Project / Group Name: -

NameTitleProject Number
KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists Single cell integrated analysis of antigen specificity and gene expression for the cure of autoimmune diseases 20K17430
KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) Elucidation of the Mechanisms of Autoantibody Production at Lesion Sites in Autoimmune Diseases 22K08528
KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows Elucidation of Sjögren's syndrome pathogenesis through retrotransposon sequences 21J00596
KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) Molecular signatures in pre-RA patients by multi-omics analysis 20H03720
Keio University Academic Promotion Fund Elucidation of Autoimmune Mechanisms at Lesion Sites in Autoimmune Diseases and Development of Antigen-Specific Immunosuppressive Therapies -
Keio University Fukuzawa Memorial Fund Comprehensive Understanding of Autoimmunity and Practical Application of Antigen-Specific Immunosuppressive Therapies -
Keio University Next-Generation Research Promotion Program Comprehensive Analysis of Salivary Gland Lesions as Sites of Autoimmune Responses -
Mochida Memorial Foundation for Medical and Pharmaceutical Research — Research Grant — lucidation of Autoimmune Mechanisms in Lesional Tissues of Sjögren’s Syndrome and Development of Antigen-Specific Immunosuppressive Therapies -
Kowa Life Science Foundation — Research Grant — Elucidation of Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Autoimmune Responses at Lesion Sites in Sjögren’s Syndrome -
Takeda Science Foundation — Medical Research Grant — Elucidation of Autoimmune Mechanisms at Lesion Sites in Autoimmune Diseases -
Japan Rheumatism Foundation — Research Grant for Rheumatic Disease Investigation — Elucidation of Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Autoantigen-Specific B Cell Immune Responses in Various Autoimmune Diseases and Identification of Therapeutic Targets -

 

PUBLICATIONS

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