HIV-1 perturbs homeostatic ILCs, unmasks ILC1 plasticity, and boosts TCF7+ memory NK cells. Homo sapiens

Bulk RNA-seq, and single cell RNA-Seq using inDrops methodology, were used to compare two populations of cells that had been sorted by flow cytometry from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from two donors, G27 and G33. To sort the cells, PBMCs were stained with antibodies to 11 lineage markers (FITC), anti-CD56 (PE), and anti-CD94 (APC). The 11 lineage marker positive cells were excluded to identify the innate lymphocyte cell (ILC) population. Then we sorted the Lin-CD56+CD94- cells (CD127-ILC1s, 'neg') from the Lin-CD56+CD94+ cells (NK cells, 'pos') with a BD FACSAria IIu. Libraries were generated from each of these two populations. Overall design: Quantification and analysis of FACS-sorted human ILC cells from two donors.