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Table 1 Overview of recent studies with single-cell analysis of meningeal immunity

From: Meningeal immunity and neurological diseases: new approaches, new insights

Single-cell technology

Tissue origin

Single-cell isolation

Protocol

References

scRNA-seq

Leptomeninges from WT and EAE mice models

FACS sorting of CD45+ immune cells

CEL-Seq2

2019 [37]

Dural and subdural meninges from WT C57BL/6 mice

FACS sorting of CD45+ immune cells

10 × Chromium

2019 [18]

Dural meninges from young and old WT C57BL/6 mice

FACS sorting of CD45+CD3e+TCRβ+ T cells

10 × Chromium

2021 [26]

Dural meninges from young and old WT C57BL/6 mice

FACS sorting of CD45−CD31−CD13+ mural and CD45−CD31+ endothelial cells

10 × Chromium

Whole dural meninges from young and old WT C57BL/6 mice

FACS sorting of DAPI− cells

10 × Chromium

Dural sinuses from WT C57BL/6 mice

FACS sorting of CD45+CD11b+Ly6G− myeloid cells

10 × Chromium

Whole dural meninges from WT C57BL/6 mice

FACS sorting of DAPI− cells

10 × Chromium

2021 [14]

Spinal cord tissue from EAE parabionts

FACS sorting of DAPI−CD45hiIV-CD45−GFP− and DAPI−CD45hiIV-CD45−GFP+ singlets

10 × Chromium

Spinal cord tissue from WT parabionts after spinal cord injury

FACS sorting of DAPI−CD45hiIV-CD45−GFP− and DAPI−CD45hiIV-CD45−GFP+ singlets

10 × Chromium

Dural meninges from WT C57BL/6 mice

Unsorted

10 × Chromium

2021 [15]

Dural meninges and subdural meninges from WT C57BL/6 mice

FACS sorting of CD45+CD45iv− tissue-resident leukocytes

10 × Chromium

2021 [24]

Six scRNA-seq data set integration

FACS sorting

10 × Chromium; MARS-seq

2022 [47]

scBCR-seq

Dural meninges from young and old C57BL/6 mice

Unsorted

10 × Chromium

2021 [15]

Dural meninges from unimmunized and EAE mice models

Unsorted

10 × Chromium

2021 [24]

CyTOF

Mixed brain, enveloping meninges and choroid plexus from WT C57BL/6 mice

Unsorted

CyTOF1 mass cytometer

2017 [19]

Mixed brain and enveloping meninges from WT, geriatric, and EAE mice models

Unsorted

Third-generation Helios mass cytometer

2018 [20]

Mixed CNS parenchyma and enveloping meninges from WT, EAE, and HD mice models

Unsorted

CyTOF2 mass cytometer

2018 [21]

Mixed brain, enveloping meninges and choroid plexus from WT C57BL/6 mice

Unsorted

CyTOF1 mass cytometer

2018 [22]

Dura mater from WT C57BL/6 mice

Unsorted

CyTOF2 mass cytometer

2021 [15]

  1. scRNA-seq single-cell RNA sequencing; WT wild-type; EAE experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; FACS Fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS); CD cluster of differentiation; CEL-Seq2 cell expression by linear amplification and sequencing version 2; TCR T cell receptor; DAPI 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole; hi highly expressed; iv intravenously injected; MARS-seq massively parallel single-cell RNA sequencing; CyTOF1 cytometry by time-of-flight mass spectrometry generation 1; CyTOF2 cytometry by time-of-flight mass spectrometry generation 2; HD Huntington disease