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  • - High-dimensional cytometry is a cutting-edge method for monitoring the immune system in both healthy and diseased states, helping researchers discover new biological insights and disease biomarkers.
  • - An R package called ImmunoCluster is introduced, which simplifies the analysis of complex cytometry data, enabling those without specialized computational skills to conduct immune profiling efficiently.
  • - The ImmunoCluster package features a scalable framework for analyzing millions of cells, offering a structured protocol that includes data import, dimensionality reduction, clustering, and annotation, all within an accessible open-source environment.

Article Abstract

High-dimensional cytometry is an innovative tool for immune monitoring in health and disease, and it has provided novel insight into the underlying biology as well as biomarkers for a variety of diseases. However, the analysis of large multiparametric datasets usually requires specialist computational knowledge. Here, we describe (https://github.com/kordastilab/ImmunoCluster), an R package for immune profiling cellular heterogeneity in high-dimensional liquid and imaging mass cytometry, and flow cytometry data, designed to facilitate computational analysis by a nonspecialist. The analysis framework implemented within is readily scalable to millions of cells and provides a variety of visualization and analytical approaches, as well as a rich array of plotting tools that can be tailored to users' needs. The protocol consists of three core computational stages: (1) data import and quality control; (2) dimensionality reduction and unsupervised clustering; and (3) annotation and differential testing, all contained within an R-based open-source framework.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8112868PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.62915DOI Listing

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