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ArticleCell reports methods2026

Comprehensive cellular analysis with single-nucleus RNA-seq of archived PAXgene whole blood samples.

Ojasvi Chaudhary, Mia Steinberg, Grant Duclos, Peter Gathungu, Manisha Rao, Rogelio Aguilar, Varsha Shankarappa, Chris Rands, Xi Chen, Rebecca A Halpin and 5 more

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Article in Cell reports methods, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Ojasvi ChaudharyTranslational Medicine, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Waltham, MA 02451, USA. Electronic address: ojasvi.chaudhary@astrazeneca.com.
Mia SteinbergTranslational Medicine, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA. Electronic address: mia.steinberg@astrazeneca.com.
Grant DuclosTranslational Medicine, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Waltham, MA 02451, USA.
Peter GathunguTranslational Medicine, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Waltham, MA 02451, USA.
Manisha RaoTranslational Medicine, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Waltham, MA 02451, USA.
Rogelio AguilarTranslational Medicine, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Waltham, MA 02451, USA.
Varsha ShankarappaOncology Data Science & AI, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Chris RandsOncology Data Science & AI, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, CB2 0AA Cambridge, UK.
Xi ChenTranslational Medicine, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA.
Rebecca A HalpinTranslational Medicine, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA.
Elizabeth GaleryTranslational Medicine, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA.
Joseph BolandTranslational Medicine, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA.
Maurizio ScaltritiTranslational Medicine, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA.
Brian DoughertyTranslational Medicine, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Waltham, MA 02451, USA.
Asaf RotemTranslational Medicine, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Waltham, MA 02451, USA. Electronic address: asaf.rotem@astrazeneca.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Single-cell analysis of the large repositories of preserved whole blood samples stored in PAXgene blood RNA tubes has not yet been available. To address this gap, two nuclei-isolation techniques for single-nucleus RNA sequencing were evaluated: mechanical separation (MS), using an Acrodisc filter, and cell lysis (CL). While both methods captured nuclei from all major immune cell types, CL resulted in up to two orders of magnitude higher nuclei yields and less biased proportions of immune cells than MS. High ambient globin gene counts following CL were substantially reduced by CRISPR-guided globin gene depletion of complementary DNA, resulting in more sensitive and efficient gene detection per cell. Despite capturing only nuclear transcripts, CL-derived samples maintained similar cell-type proportions and gene expression as matched peripheral blood mononuclear cell samples, while retaining granulocytes. The CL isolation with globin depletion method enables a comprehensive analysis of PAXgene whole blood samples at single-cell resolution.

Indexed as

Cell NucleusRNA-SeqSequence Analysis, RNASingle-Cell AnalysisGlobinsHumansLeukocytes, MononuclearSingle-Cell Gene Expression AnalysisGlobinsCP: biotechnologyCP: systems biologyCRISPRfrozen whole bloodglobin depletionneutrophilsnucleus isolationPAXgeneperipheral blood mononuclear cellssingle-cell RNA sequencingsingle-nucleus RNA sequencingtranscriptomics

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PMID41844163
PMCPMC13030975

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