RNA-sequencing of Vg4+Vd4+gdT cells isolated from skin-draining lymph nodes of WT and NF-kB1 deficient mice after imiquiod treatment

Purpose: The numbers of Vg4+Vd4+gdT17 cells in skin-draining lymph nodes were significantly reduced in imiqimod-treated NF-kB1-/- mice compared to those in IMQ-treated WT mice. To address the mechanism of NF-kB1-mediated proliferation of Vg4+Vd4+gdT17 cells, we performed RNA-sequencing of Vg4+Vd4+gdT cells isolated from the draining lymph nodes. Method: Mice were treated daily with 50 mg of 5% imiquimod cream or sham cream on both ears for 4 days. Single cell suspensions were separated from cervical lymph nodes. Vg4+Vd4+gdT cells were isolated by a cell sorter. N=3 each. Results: Using an optimized data analysis workflow, 552 of the transcripts showed differential expression between the WT and NF-kB1 deficient mice after imiquiod treatment, with a fold change ≥2 and p value <0.05. mRNA profiles of Vg4+Vd4+gdT cells isolated from skin-draining lymph nodes of WT and NF-kB1 deficient mice after imiquiod treatment