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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheum. 2012 May;64(5):1589–1600. doi: 10.1002/art.33488

Table 3.

Identical Clonotypes in Different Sites Indicating Clonal Trafficking Between Subcompartments of the Kidney and Between Kidney and Blood*

T Cell Receptor β-Chain Structure
Case Sample year Sample Type Size of Clone (#seq.) CDR3 Length CDR3 Region Sequence and Analysis TRBV Element (BV) TRBD Element TRBJ Element









6 2006 Periglom. 30 12 TGT GCC AGT AGT Agg gGG GGG Cag ggC TAT GGC TAC ACC TRBV19 1*01 1-2*01
Interstitium C A S S R G G Q G Y G Y T (17)
2006 Intertubular 14 12 TGT GCC AGT AGT Agg gGG GGG Cag ggC TAT GGC TAC ACC TRBV19 1*01 1-2*01
Interstitium C A S S R G G Q G Y G Y T (17)
15 2006 Periglom. 4 12 TGT GCC AGT AGT ATt GGG ACA GGC TCC TAC GAG CAG TAC TRBV19 1*01 2-7*01
Interstitium C A S S I G T G S Y E Q Y (17)
2006 Intertubular 1 12 TGT GCC AGT AGT ATt GGG ACA GGC TCC TAC GAG CAG TAC TRBV19 1*01 2-7*01
Interstitium C A S S I G T G S Y E Q Y (17)
13 2004 Periglom. 2 13 TGT GCC AGC Agg cta GAC Aat gtc cca aAC AAT GAG CAG TTC TRBV7-3 1*01 2-1*01
Interstitium C A S R L D N A P N N E Q F (6S1)
2004 Intertubular 50 13 TGT GCC AGC Agg cta GAC Aat gtc cca aAC AAT GAG CAG TTC TRBV7-3 1*01 2-1*01
Interstitium C A S R L D N A P N N E Q F (6S1)
13 2008 Periglom. 3 13 TGT GCC AGC Agg cta GAC Aat gtc cca aAC AAT GAG CAG TTC TRBV7-3 1*01 2-1*01
Interstitium C A S R L D N A P N N E Q F (6S1)
2008 Tubules 5 13 TGT GCC AGC Agg cta GAC Aat gtc cca aAC AAT GAG CAG TTC TRBV7-3 1*01 2-1*01
C A S R L D N A P N N E Q F (6S1)
13 2008 Periglom. 14 19 TGT GCC AGC AGT TTA Ttt ttg gcc aac cgt cGG GAC AGG GGt tCA GAT ACG CAG TAT TTT TRBV28 1*01 2-3*01
Interstitium C A S S L F L A N R R D R G S D T Q Y F (3)
2008 Intertubular 20 19 TGT GCC AGC AGT TTA Ttt ttg gcc aac cgt cGG GAC AGG GGt tCA GAT ACG CAG TAT TTT TRBV28 1*01 2-3*01
Interstitium C A S S L F L A N R R D R G S D T Q Y F (3)
2008 Intertubular 14 19 TGT GCC AGC AGT TTA Ttt ttg gcc aac cgt cGG GAC AGG GGt tCA GAT ACG CAG TAT TTT TRBV28 1*01 2-3*01
Interstitium C A S S L F L A N R R D R G S D T Q Y F (3)
2008 Tubules 6 19 TGT GCC AGC AGT TTA Ttt ttg gcc aac cgt cGG GAC AGG GGt tCA GAT ACG CAG TAT TTT TRBV28 1*01 2-3*01
C A S S L F L A N R R D R G S D T Q Y F (3)
2008 Glomerulus 1 19 TGT GCC AGC AGT TTA Ttt ttg gcc aac cgt cGG GAC AGG GGt tCA GAT ACG CAG TAT TTT TRBV28 1*01 2-3*01
C A S S L F L A N R R D R G S D T Q Y F (3)
2002 PB CD8 1 17 TGT GCC AGC AGT TTA Ttt ttg gcc aac cgt cGG GAC AGG GGt tCA GAT ACG CAG TAT TTT TRBV28 1*01 2-3*01
C A S S L F L A N R R D R G S D T Q Y F (3)
13 2008 Glomerulus 1 15 TGT GCC AGC AGC TTa ttc cgt GGG ACA GGG caa ACC GGG GAG CTG TTT TTT TRBV5-1 1*01 2-2*01
C A S S L F R G T G Q T G E L F F (5S1)
2008 Intertubular 4 15 TGT GCC AGC AGC TTa ttc cgt GGG ACA GGG caa ACC GGG GAG CTG TTT TTT TRBV5-1 1*01 2-2*01
Interstitium C A S S L F R G T G Q T G E L F F (5S1)
8 2003 Kidney 2 8 TGT GCC AGC Agc CGG Ggc gtg TAC GAG CAG TAC TRBV28 2*01 2-7*01
Biopsy C A S S R G V Y E Q Y (3)
2003 PB CD8 8 8 TGT GCC AGC Agc CGG Ggc gtg TAC GAG CAG TAC TRBV28 2*01 2-7*01
C A S S R G V Y E Q Y (3)
16 2002 Kidney 1 9 TGC GCC AGC AGC CCG GGA ata ggt ACT GAA GCT TTC TRBV4 2*02 1-1*01
Biopsy C A S S P G I G T E A F (7S1)
2002 PB CD8 19 9 TGC GCC AGC AGC CCG GGA ata ggt ACT GAA GCT TTC TRBV4 2*02 1-1*01
C A S S P G I G T E A F (7S1)
*

The IMGT CDR3 length is shown in terms of number of amino acids. The nucleotide sequence of the CDR3 region, arranged in codons, is represented in upper case when the nucleotides are germline encoded. The germline D element residues are underlined. Non-germline encoded N and P diversity nucleotides are represented as lower case letters. The single letter amino acid code for each codon is indicated. The TRBV designation for the variable element is shown along with the Arden et al. designation in parentheses.