RNA-seq of MAIT cells in aGVHD patients and healthy controls

We report the application of next generation sequencing technology for high-throughput transcriptom profiling of mucosal associated invariant T (MAIT) cells from patients with or without acute graft versus host disease (aGVHD) post allogenetic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, and the healthy subjects as the contorls. Totally, MAIT cells from 4 patients with aGVHD, 3 patients without aGVHD and 3 healthy controls were detected in this study. Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) on the sequencing data show the enrichments of interferon alpha response pathway in recipients with aGVHD and recipients without aGVHD, in comparison with healthy controls. Enrichment of primary immunodeficiency gene set is found in recipients without aGVHD when compared with aGVHD patients and healthy controls. This study provides some preliminary investigation to the mechanical mechanism of MAIT cells in the aGVHD development. Overall design: mRNA profiles of MAIT cells from patients with or without aGVHD, as well as healthy controls