Patients and clinical data
This study included four TA patients admitted to our hospital from
2019.10 to 2020.5. We collected peripheral blood samples from the
patients. All samples were used for scRNA-seq. In addition, peripheral
blood from four age-sex matched healthy individuals was collected as
control for scRNA-seq. All the contents of this study meet the relevant
requirements of the ethics committee. Written consent was obtained from
the patients/healthy individuals or their families
The basic clinical data obtained from TA patients are described inTable S1 . The four female patients were aged between 16 – 39
years, which is in line with the age and gender prevalence of TA.
Although the C-reactive protein (CRP) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate
(ESR) of the patients were within the normal range, the history of
taking glucocorticoids (methylprednisolone or prednisone acetate) and
other drugs (methotrexate) prevented these patients from being rated on
NIH scores.