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Table 4 Representative amino acid sequences of monoclonal TCRBV families within PBMCs and CD4 +, CD8 + T cell populations of active TB patients a

From: Molecular characterization of T cell receptor beta variable in the peripheral blood T cell repertoire in subjects with active tuberculosis or latent tuberculosis infection

Patientsb

Vbeta

CDR3

BJ

Ratioc

J1 (CD4+)

BV24

AAMYLCATS

SDRVSPL

HFGNGTRLTVTED

1.6

21/25

J16 (CD4+)

BV24

AAMYLCATS

QDRAKQ

YFGPGTRLLVLED

2.1

20/23

J5

BV23

SALYFCASS

NTGTSDGY

TFGSGTRLTVVED

1.2

21/25

J2 (CD4+)

BV23

SALYFCASS

NTGTSDGY

TFGSGTRLTVVED

1.2

20/23

J2

BV20

SGFYLCAWS

TGTGHSPL

HFGNGTRLTVTED

1.6

25/26

J5

BV20

SGFYLCAWS

TGTGHSPL

HFGNGTRLTVTED

1.6

23/26

J5 (CD4+)

BV20

SGFYLCAWS

TGTGHSPL

HFGNGTRLTVTED

1.6

21/26

J15

BV13.2

TSVYFCASS

YGPSTGEL

FFGEGSRLTVVED

2.2

20/23

J11 (CD8+)

BV13.2

TSVYFCASS

YSTDEQ

YFGPGTRLTVTED

2.7

18/26

J22

BV13.1

TSVYFCASS

YWGSDTQ

YFGPGTRLTVLED

2.3

17/25

J13

BV12

TSVYFCAIR

KQGDSYEQ

YFGPGTRLTVTED

2.7

14/22

J17 (CD8+)

BV12

TSVYFCAIR

KQGDSYEQ

YFGPGTRLTVTED

2.7

18/24

J20 (CD4+)

BV12

TSVYFCAIR

KQGDSYEQ

YFGPGTRLTVTED

2.7

17/22

J5

BV5.1

SALYLCASS

LDYSGNTI

YFGEGSWLTVVED

1.3

20/26

J1 (CD4+)

BV5.1

SALYLCASS

LDYSGNTI

YFGEGSWLTVVED

1.3

21/25

J3 (CD8+)

BV5.1

SALYLCASS

LDYSGNTI

YFGEGSWLTVVED

1.3

19/21

J10

BV3

SMYLCASS

LGARLSNQPQ

HFGDGTRLSILED

1.5

16/21

J4 (CD8+)

BV3

SSNFCSTT

LIGRAGATRA

YFGPGTRLTVTED

2.7

20/25

  1. aWhen the GMSP profile of a TCRBV family displayed a single peak, the corresponding PCR products re-amplified, and the CDR3 were sequenced after cloning.
  2. bThe T cell subsets (CD4+ or CD8+) for analysis are indicated in brackets.
  3. cThe amino acid sequences of the max rate of TCRBV families are shown.