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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-6-19
pubmed:abstractText
To gain insight into the nature of the immune response with respect to accumulation and composition of the T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoire in synovial tissue in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), we have determined the nucleotide sequence of TCRBV regions transcribed by T lymphocytes derived from synovial tissue. Synovial tissue was obtained by needle biopsies from three different sites of the same joint in two early RA patients. We found that the TCRBV region repertoire among synovial tissue-infiltrating mononuclear cells was heterogeneous when the different biopsies taken from each patient were compared. However, DNA sequence analysis of TCRBV rearrangements of synovial T lymphocytes showed conserved amino acid usage profiles in the CDR3 domains of different TCRBV regions, which exhibited an individual specific character. These CDR3 motifs were not present in paired samples of peripheral blood. The existence of homologous CDR3 amino acid profiles within the TCRBV regions derived from synovial tissue is indicative of an antigen-driven immune response.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0014-2972
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1092-102
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Molecular analysis of the T-cell receptor beta-chain repertoire in early rheumatoid arthritis: heterogeneous TCRBV gene usage with shared amino acid profiles in CDR3 regions of T lymphocytes in multiple synovial tissue needle biopsies from the same joint.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Immunohematology, University Hospital Leiden, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't