RNA-seq of LSC-like and Mature populations from human AML patient samples

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a highly heterogeneous disease and reliable detection of leukemic stem cells (LSCs) across genetic subclasses has proven difficult. We aimed to transcriptionally characterize LSCs specifically in monocyte-like AML (Mono-AML) and and primitive-like AML (Prim-AML) samples using cell surface markers. We used CD64+CD11b+ to define Mature blasts and labelled the rest as Immature. To further enrich for LSC-like cells in the Immature blasts in both Mono- and Prim-AML samples, we included GPR56, a marker for LSCs. We performed RNA sequencing on the FACS-sorted LSC-like and Mature cells from 17 AML patients.