CRISPRi DSP-kd in iAT2

We performed single cell transcriptomic profiling of induced human pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)-derived type 2 alveolar epithelial cells (iAT2). iPSCs stably expressed CRISPRi (dCas9-KRAB) under the control of doxycyline. iAT2s were transduced with a lentivirus expressing gRNA targeting the transcriptional start site of DSP. Cells were treated with or without doxycyline to intiate CRISPRi-knockdown. Prior to capture, cells were labelled with hashing antibodies (HTO). Cells were captured for 10x Genomics Single cell capture (V3 protocol), and GEX and HTO libraries were sequenced. HTODemux function was used to demultiplex the samples. Knockdown of DSP caused cells to cluster separately from wild-type cells. Overall design: Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of iPSC-derived type 2 alveolar epithelial cells (iAT2) comparing wild-type cells with CRISPRi-mediated knockdown of DSP