Single-cell gene expression analysis of in vitro expanded CD4 T cells responding to HHV-6B and HCMV epitopes
Assessment of the gene expression differences between HHV-6B-specific and HCMV-specific CD4 T cells at single-cell level. The peripheral blood mononuclear cells samples were collected from normal subjects expressing HLA-DRB1*03:01. The HHV-6B-specific or HCMV-specific T cells were expanded in vitro using known HLA-DRB1*03:01 epitopes derived from HHV-6B (6 epitopes) or HCMV (1 epitope) and isolated after 12-15 days of culture using the corresponding HLA-DRB1*03:01 tetramers.