README: Transcription start site analysis for heterogenous CD4+ T cells using 5′ scRNA-seq https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.gtht76hv9 **Description of the data and file structure** **Data_summary.xlsx.zip: Summary of single-cell experiments in this study.** **5scCTSSbed_All.zip**: There are 102 files containing count data for analyzing transcription start site (TSS) signals. Details are as follows. Our original raw sequencing data and processed data of 5′ scRNA-seq have been deposited to National Bioscience Database Center (NBDC) Human Database (accession code: hum0350). Raw sequencing data originated from human subjects have been deposited to Japanese Genotype-phenotype Archive (JGA, accession code: JGAS000689). We retrieved 5′ scRNA-seq data for human memory CD4+ T cells stimulated with viral antigens from the Gene Expression Omnibus database (accession number GSE152522). In total, 102 5′ scRNA-seq datasets were processed by ReapTEC pipeline (https://github.com/MurakawaLab/ReapTEC). During the process, count files were generated for each TSS (CTSS files). The CTSS files in 5scCTSSbed_All.zip are CTSS files obtained from ReapTEC pipeline and further sorted by “LANG=C sort -k 4”. **Naming convention (Please refer to Data_summary.xlsx)** Abbreviation: D1, donor 1; D2, donor 2; D3: donor 3 addExp_Bulk_5sc: Data originated from 5′ scRNA-seq of bulk CD4+ T cell corresponding to the samples written in "5sc_snRNA_seq_added_samples" window of the Data_summary.xlsx. Bulk_5sc_[replication number]: Data originated from 5′ scRNA-seq of bulk CD4+ T cells corresponding to the samples written in "5sc_3scRNA-seq_CD4bulkCITE-seq" window of the Data_summary.xlsx. Treg, Th1or2, Tfh, Th17, LAG3_5sc_[replication number]: Data originated from 5′ scRNA-seq of subpopulations corresponding to the samples written in "5sc_3scRNA-seq_CD4bulkCITE-seq" window of the Data_summary.xlsx. Treg, Th1or2, Tfh, Th17, LAG3_CITE_[replication number]: Data originated from 5′ CITE-seq of subpopulations corresponding to the samples written in " 5CITE-seq_added_samples" window of the Data_summary.xlsx. SoftclipG_aCD4_5sc_48h_sorted.CTSS.bed: Data originated from 5′ scRNA-seq of activated CD4+ T cell corresponding to the samples written in "5sc_snRNA_seq_added_samples" window of the Data_summary.xlsx. SoftclipG_[SRR number]_[stimulation hours]: Data originated from 5′ scRNA-seq for human memory CD4+ T cells stimulated with viral antigens from the Gene Expression Omnibus database (accession number GSE152522). **md5sum_CTSS_files.txt**: A text file containing the md5sum of the files included in 5scCTSSbed_All.zip. **20230928_TC_anno_Gene_rank_bed6.bed**: This is a bed6 file for robust TSS peaks generated using ReapTEC (with a cutoff of log2CPM ≥ 2 in at least one cell cluster across 136 cell clusters of CD4+ T cells in this study). Robust TSS peaks were named according to the nearest known transcript and numbered in ascending order from upstream to downstream of the transcript. **CD4bulk_5sc_TCver_TCRremoved.removeMono.harmonyintegration_FigS14.rds**: This is a Seurat object used in Supplementary figure S14 (Oguchi et al. Science). The sorted CTSS files in 5scCTSSbed_All.zip and 20230928_TC_anno_Gene_rank_bed6.bed were used to count the reads mapping to each robust TSS peak at single cell level and create count matrix files for Seurat version 5 (4.9.9.9067). Of the matrix files, those for bulk CD4+ T cells (22 files) were processed in Seurat. Robust TSS peaks expressed in three or more cells were retained. Doublets were predicted and filtered using R package scDblFinder version 1.14.0. Singlets were retained for downstream analysis. Cells expressing fewer than 200 TSS peaks and those with more than 3% of all transcripts derived from the mitochondrial genome were excluded. TSS peaks of T cell receptor–related transcripts were excluded in this analysis. Data integration and batch collection were performed using Harmony version 1.0.3 in the “IntegrateLayers” function implemented in Seurat. Code/Software https://github.com/MurakawaLab/ReapTEC