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A fundamental characteristic of multicellular organisms is the specialization of functional cell types through the process of differentiation. These specialized cell types not only characterize the normal functioning of different organs and tissues, they can also be used as cellular biomarkers of a variety of different disease states and therapeutic/vaccine responses. In order to serve as a reference for cell type representation, the Cell Ontology has been developed to provide a standard nomenclature of defined cell types for comparative analysis and biomarker discovery. Historically, these cell types have been defined based on unique cellular shapes and structures, anatomic locations, and marker protein expression. However, we are now experiencing a revolution in cellular characterization resulting from the application of new high-throughput, high-content cytometry and sequencing technologies. The resulting explosion in the number of distinct cell types being identified is challenging the current paradigm for cell type definition in the Cell Ontology.
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A consortium established to capitalize on recent advances in immune profiling methods in order to create a novel public resource that characterizes diverse states of the human immune system following infection; prior to and following vaccination against an infectious disease; or prior to and following treatment with an immune adjuvant that targets a known innate immune receptor(s). Through this program, well-characterized human cohorts are studied using a variety of modern analytic tools, including multiplex transcriptional, cytokine, and proteomic assays; multiparameter phenotyping of leukocyte subsets; assessment of leukocyte functional status; and multiple computational methods. Centralized research resources and a comprehensive, centralized database will be constructed for use by the greater scientific community. The information gained from the program will provide a comprehensive understanding of the human immune system and its regulation, and will reveal novel associations between components of the immune system and other biological systems, identify novel immune mediators and pathways, establish predictors of vaccine safety in different populations, and enable the rapid evaluation of different vaccine formulations and administration regimens in human populations.
View all literature mentionsSoftware tool as a catalog of comprehensive reference of human cells based on their stable properties, transient features, locations and abundances. Map to show the relationships among its elements. Open data international collaborative project involving diverse scientific communities to provide a framework for understanding cellular dysregulation in human disease.
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