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Record Nr.

UNINA9910253930203321

Autore

DeKosky Brandon

Titolo

Decoding the Antibody Repertoire : High Throughput Sequencing of Multiple Transcripts from Single B Cells / / by Brandon DeKosky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-58518-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXVIII, 87 p. 34 illus.)

Collana

Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, , 2190-5053

Disciplina

616.0798

Soggetti

Antibodies

Genetic engineering

Human genetics

Cell biology

Biochemistry

Genetic Engineering

Human Genetics

Cell Biology

Biochemistry, general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Background -- High-throughput Sequencing of the Paired Human Immunoglobulin Heavy and Light Chain Repertoire -- In-Depth Determination and Analysis of the Human Paired Heavy and Light Chain Antibody Repertoire -- Paired VH:VL Analysis of Naïve B Cell Repertoires and Comparison to Antigen-Experienced B Cell Repertoires in Healthy Human Donors -- Conclusions and Future Perspectives -- Appendices.

Sommario/riassunto

This thesis outlines the development of the very first technology for high-throughput analysis of paired heavy and light-chain antibody sequences, opening the door for the discovery of new antibodies and the investigation of adaptive immune responses to vaccines and diseases. By designing two new technologies for sequencing multiple



mRNA transcripts from up to 10 million isolated, single cells, the author directly addresses the limitations to provide information on the identity of immune receptor pairs encoded by individual B or T lymphocytes. Previous methods for high-throughput immune repertoire sequencing have been unable to provide such information. The techniques developed in this thesis have enabled comprehensive investigation of human B-cell repertoires and have been applied for the rapid discovery of new human antibodies, to gain new insights into the development of human antibody repertoires, and for analysis of human immune responses to vaccination and disease.