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An Optimized Tissue Dissociation Protocol for Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Analysis of Fresh and Cultured Human Skin Biopsies

Updated December 5, 2023

We present an optimized dissociation protocol for preparing high-quality skin cell suspensions for in-depth single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) analysis of fresh and cultured human skin. Our protocol enabled the isolation of a consistently high number of highly viable skin cells from small freshly dissociated punch skin biopsies, which we use for scRNA-seq studies.

Mojca F BertonceljUniversity of Zurich; BioMed X Institutefrankbertoncelj@bio.mx
Blaž Burja1
Dominique Paul2
Aizhan Tastanova2
Sam G Edalat2
Reto Gerber2
Miranda Houtman2
Muriel Elhai2
Kristina Bürki2
Ramon Staeger2
Gaetana Restivo2
Ramon Lang2
Snezna S Semrl3
Katja Lakota3
Matija Tomšič4
Mitchell P Levesque2
Oliver Distler2
Žiga Rotar4
Mark D Robinson2
Mojca F Bertoncelj5
1University of Zurich; University Medical Centre Ljubljana; University of Ljubljana
2University of Zurich
3University Medical Centre Ljubljana
4University Medical Centre Ljubljana; University of Ljubljana
5University of Zurich; BioMed X Institute
Anu Shivalikanjli

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Analysis Portals

None

Project Label

Burja_10x_SkinBiopsies

Species

Homo sapiens

Sample Type

specimens

Anatomical Entity

skin of body

Organ Part

3 organ parts

Selected Cell Types

Unspecified

Disease Status (Specimen)

2 disease statuses

Disease Status (Donor)

3 disease statuses

Development Stage

human adult stage

Library Construction Method

10x 3' v3

Nucleic Acid Source

single cell

Paired End

false

File Format

2 file formats

Cell Count Estimate

24.0k

Donor Count

6
fastq.gz22 file(s)xlsx1 file(s)