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Self and parasite-derived peptides selected upon DERAA-bearing HLA-DRB1 alleles activate CD4+ T cells from Chagas cardiomyopathy patients and are associated with ventricular dysfunction

GSE295194 Homo sapiens (human) Single-cell RNA-seq 16 samples Submitted 2025/05/29 Platform GPL24676
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Single-cell RNA-seq · human · 16 samples

What it is
Single-cell RNA-seqGene activity measured in thousands of individual cells, so cell types can be told apart. Read from the summary: GEO's own type field only says 'expression profiling by sequencing', so confirm it in the paper.
Organism
Homo sapiens (human)
Samples
16 samples: 16 samples, each with a distinct title — no replicated groupsGroups are read from the sample names, not from the paper. Check the list below.
Data you can get
A processed table (series matrix) and supplementary files from NCBI; the raw sequencing reads from ENA. Which of these hold counts depends on the study, so check the file list.
Paper
Self and parasite-derived peptides selected upon DERAA-bearing HLA-DRB1 alleles activate CD4+ T cells from Chagas cardiomyopathy patients and are associated with ventricular dysfunctionFrontiers in immunology · 2025
Summary (written by the submitters)
Human infection with the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi causes Chagas disease, which may lead to a deadly dilated cardiomyopathy resulting from T-cell-mediated inflammation. We found that specific HLA-DRB1 alleles (*0103, *0402, *1301, and *1302) that display the DERAA motif are linked to this severe clinical manifestation of Chagas disease.
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We employed computational analysis, in vitro functional assays, and single-cell RNA sequencing to determine the response of CD4+ T cells from indeterminate (IND) and cardiac (CCC) Chagas patients to peptides selected on DERAA-bearing alleles. We observed that these alleles display binding affinity towards host-derived peptides with sequence similarity to parasite-derived proteins. These peptides can activate and induce proliferation of CD4+ T-cells from CCC, but not IND. Importantly, the magnitude of this response correlated with the severity of ventricular dysfunction and increased production of soluble factors associated with myocardial fibrosis. Analysis of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in activated CD4+ T-cells from individuals with the DERAA-DRB1 alleles demonstrated a high expression of cytotoxic, chemotactic and proapoptotic genes, linking these cells with pathogenic functions. Finally, we observed the upregulation of genes that code for the host proteins that contain the potentially pathogenic peptides in the cardiac tissue of CCC, suggesting their involvement in cardiomyopathy. Our findings highlight the ability of CD4+ T-cells from CCC patients to recognize and react to foreign and self-peptides, thereby emphasizing the importance of HLA-DRB1 alleles in the presentation of potentially pathogenic antigens and in the amplification of CCC pathology.
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Self and parasite-derived peptides selected upon DERAA-bearing HLA-DRB1 alleles activate CD4+ T cells from Chagas cardiomyopathy patients and are associated with ventricular dysfunction
Souza-Silva TG, Neves EGA, Teixeira-Carvalho A et al. · Frontiers in immunology 2025 · PMID 40391216 · doi:10.3389/fimmu.2025.1527115
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Processed table

The series matrix: one table of values per sample as the submitters processed it. The smallest download, and it opens in Excel or R. Start here to see what the data look like.

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Supplementary files

The count tables and other files the authors uploaded. Take only the samples you need, or the whole study as GSE295194_RAW.tar (it can run to tens of gigabytes).

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Raw sequencing reads

The original FASTQ files, straight from the sequencer, held at ENA. Large, and you align them yourself, so only choose this if you need to re-process the study from scratch.

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Also filed as BioProject PRJNA1253681 and SRA study SRP580224. Searching any of these in the dataset finder brings you back here.

Study design
16 samples, each with a distinct title — no replicated groups

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How we read this: Read from 16 sample titles: 16 distinct titles with little repetition. These groups are guessed from the sample names, not taken from the paper, so check them against the sample list below before relying on them.

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