RNA-sequencing of tumor infiltrating cells across 12 different solid tumors type

To identify patterns of gene expression within six broadly defined cell populations, we also performed cell sorting for bulk RNA-sequencing including compartments denoted: 1. “Live”: All viable cells at the time of sorting, 2. “Tconv”: sorted conventional CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, 3. “Treg”: CD25+ CD4+ (enriched for regulatory) T cells, 4. “Myeloid”: Lymphocyte-negative HLA-DR+ (enriched for myeloid) cells, 5. “Stromal”: CD45- CD44+Thy1+ cells, and 6. “Tumor”: all other CD45- cells Overall design: Tumor samples for the Immunoprofiler was transported from various cancer operating rooms (ORs) as well as from outpatient clinics. All patients consented by the UCSF IPI clinical coordinator group for tissue collection under a UCSF IRB approved protocol (UCSF IRB# 20-31740). Tumor or metastatic tissue was thoroughly chopped with surgical scissors and transferred to GentleMACs C Tubes (Miltenyi Biotec) containing 20 uL/mL Liberase TL (5 mg/ml, Roche) and 50 U/ml DNAse I (Roche) in RPMI 1640 per 0.3 g tissue. GentleMACs C Tubes were then installed onto the GentleMACs Octo Dissociator (Miltenyi Biotec) and incubated for 45min according to the manufacturer's instructions. Samples were then quenched with 15 mL of sort buffer (PBS/2% FCS/2mM EDTA), filtered through 100 um filters and spun down. Red blood cell lysis was performed with 175 mM ammonium chloride if needed. Cells were then incubated with Human FcX (Biolegend) to prevent non-specific antibody binding. Cells were then washed in DPBS and incubated with Zombie Aqua Fixable Viability Dye (Thermo). Following viability dye, cells were washed with sort buffer and incubated with cell surface antibodies mix diluted in the BV stain buffer (BD Biosciences) following manufacturer instruction for 30 minutes on ice in the dark and subsequently fixed in either Fixation Buffer (BD Biosciences) or in Foxp3/Transcription Factor Staining Buffer Set (eBioscience) if intracellular staining was required.