Generation of glucocorticoid-resistant SARS-CoV-2 T cells for adoptive cell therapy

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    Table 1: Rigor

    Institutional Review Board Statementnot detected.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    Antibodies
    SentencesResources
    Cells were subsequently stained with antibodies against IL-2 PE (BD Biosciences, Clone MQ1-17H12), IFN-γ BV450 (BD Biosciences, Clone B27), and TNF-α AF700 (Biolegend
    IL-2 PE
    suggested: None
    TNF-α
    suggested: None
    SARS-CoV-2 antibody assay: IgM and IgG responses against nucleocapsid, S1 receptor-binding domain (RBD), S1S2, S2, S1, OC43, HKU1, NL63 Nucleoprotein, and 229E Spike derived from SARS-CoV-2 and other human coronaviruses were performed at Genalyte (Austin, TX) CLIA-certified laboratory using plasma from convalescent patients.
    HKU1 , NL63 Nucleoprotein ,
    suggested: None
    Cells were washed twice with perm/wash buffer, stained with antibodies directed against intracellular markers and after an additional wash step, stored overnight in 500 µl of 1.6% paraformaldehyde (EMD Biosciences)/PBS with 125 nM iridium nucleic acid intercalator (Fluidigm).
    iridium nucleic acid intercalator ( Fluidigm) .
    suggested: None
    ) XP rabbit monoclonal antibody and β-actin antibody (clone 8H10D10); both antibodies were obtained from Cell Signaling Technology.
    β-actin
    suggested: (Cell Signaling Technology Cat# 3700, RRID:AB_2242334)
    Software and Algorithms
    SentencesResources
    Data analysis was performed using Flowjo (Tree Star, Ashland, OR).
    Flowjo
    suggested: (FlowJo, RRID:SCR_008520)
    Data dimensionality reduction was performed using the R package Rtsne (v0.15) for t-Distributed Neighbor Embedding (tSNE) analysis.
    Rtsne
    suggested: (Rtsne, RRID:SCR_016342)
    The R package Rphenograph (v0.99.1) was used to cluster all cells into 32 clusters.
    Rphenograph
    suggested: None
    The t-SNE plots were generated using the R package ggplot2 (v3.3.2).
    ggplot2
    suggested: (ggplot2, RRID:SCR_014601)
    Normalized mean values of marker expressions in each cluster were plotted as heatmap using the function “pheatmap” from R package pheatmap (v1.0.12).
    pheatmap
    suggested: (pheatmap, RRID:SCR_016418)
    Gel images were obtained using GeneSys software in a G:BOX gel documentation system (Syngene).
    GeneSys
    suggested: (GeneSys, RRID:SCR_015770)

    Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).


    Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.

    Results from TrialIdentifier: We found the following clinical trial numbers in your paper:

    IdentifierStatusTitle
    NCT04315948Active, not recruitingTrial of Treatments for COVID-19 in Hospitalized Adults


    Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.


    Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.


    Results from rtransparent:
    • Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • Thank you for including a funding statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

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