Examining nasal mucosa samples is crucial for nasal cavity disease research and diagnosis. Simultaneously obtaining high-quality data for single-cell transcriptomics (single-cell RNA sequencing [scRNA-seq]) and epigenomics (single-cell assay for transposase-accessible chromatin using sequencing [scATAC-seq]) of nasal mucosa tissues is challenging. Here, we present a protocol for processing human nasal mucosa samples to obtain data for both scRNA-seq and scATAC-seq. We describe steps for extracting human nasal mucosa tissue, mechanical and enzymatic dissociation, lysis of red blood cells, and a viability assay. We then detail procedures for library preparation and quality control.

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