Table 3. Analysis for positive antigen selection of single EBV+ CD27+ PB B cells.
Mean
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% P < 0.05†
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Patient | R/SFWR* | R/SCDR* | FWR | CDR | FWR + CDR |
IM1 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 60 | 60 | 100 |
IM2 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 80 | 40 | 50 |
IM3 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 80 | 40 | 50 |
IM4 | 2.3 | 4.3 | 83 | 50 | 60 |
IM5 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 60 | 20 | 33 |
IM6 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 67 | 50 | 75 |
Total | 2.1 | 3.4‡ | 73 | 43 | 60 |
R/S ratios were calculated by dividing the number of R mutations by the number of S mutations in either FWR or CDR regions. For sequences where the denominator was 0, 1 was used to obtain a ratio value
P values were calculated by using the multinomial distribution model (24). Percent of VH sequences having significantly fewer R mutations in FWR (PFWR < 0.05) and percent of VH sequences having significantly more R mutations in CDR (PCDR < 0.05) are shown. All VH sequences with PCDR < 0.05 also had PFWR < 0.05. The last column shows percent of VH sequences with PFWR < 0.05 also having PCDR < 0.05
Mean R/SCDR is significantly greater than mean R/SFWR (one-tailed Student's paired t test, P = 0.017)