Table 4.

Conserved amino acid motifs in TCR BV CDR3 region of BAL T cells in patients with IPF

(1) IPF
LAxG	(IPF-1; BV3-2, BV6-1, IPF-2; BV8-2, BV16-1)
QGQ	(IPF-1; BV6-1, BV9-1)
GxQP	(IPF-2; BV11-1, BV11–2)
GRxG	(IPF-2; BV15-2, BV 20–1, BV20-2)
EIGRSG	(IPF-2; BV20-1, BV20-2)
VAR	(IPF-3, BV1-1, BV1-2)
PGT	(IPF-3, BV2-1, BV15-1)
TGR	(IPF-3, BV2-2, BV18-2)
SGQ	(IPF-3, BV3-1, BV3-2)
LxLxQ	(IPF-3, BV3-1, BV11-1)
GGT	(IPF-3, BV10-2, BV20-1)
PGT	(IPF-3, BV10-2, BV15-1)
GTI	(IPF-3, BV14-2, BV16-1)
(2) Healthy subject
VTGG	(healthy subject 1; BV1-2, healthy subject 2; BV11-2)
GGE	(healthy subject 1; BV2-1, healthy subject 2; BV18-2)