RNA sequencing of tumor associated macrophages and T cells in clear cell renal cell carcinoma. RNA sequencing of tumor associated macrophages and T cells in clear cell renal cell carcinoma

Tumor associated macrophages and T cells were characterized in a cohort of 73 ccRCC and 5 healthy donors using mass cytometry. Macrophage and T cell subsets of interest were identified and sorted directly from samples known to contain a high frequency of these subsets. CD8+ PD-1- T cells (n=6), exhausted CD8+ PD-1+ T cells (n=6), control macrophages CD14+ HLA-DR+ CD204- CD38- CD206- (n=11) and a population of TAM characterized as CD14+ HLA-DR+ CD204+ CD38+ CD206- (n=6) were isolated using FACS sorting.