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. 2020 Feb 27;11:1091. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-14919-4

Fig. 1. Experimental workflow for mass cytometry analysis of PBMCs from 1-year-old infants.

Fig. 1

Cryopreserved PBMCs from n = 12 peanut-allergic (PA), n = 12 peanut-sensitized tolerant (PST), and n = 12 non-allergic (NA) healthy 1-year-old infants were thawed and underwent a 24 h stimulation with media (control), pure peanut protein (specific stimulation), or PMA/ionomycin (nonspecific stimulation). Samples were barcoded and stained with a panel of antibodies against 24 surface markers and 8 intracellular markers, and analyzed with a Helios Mass Cytometer. For data analysis, unsupervised computational analyses (clustering and visualization) and manual gating analyses were performed in parallel, along with statistical analyses to identify immune signatures significantly different between the clinical groups.