Table 1. CDR3β sequences of islet-infiltrating CD4+CD44high T cells.
NOD mouse # | Total CDR3β sequences1 | Total unique clonotypes2 | Entropy3 | |
Prediabetic | 1 | 39,521 | 1,989 | 0.441 |
2 | 7,147 | 388 | 0.724 | |
3 | 42,349 | 798 | 0.717 | |
4 | 46,142 | 7,692 | 0.635 | |
5 | 6,141 | 2,049 | 0.984 | |
6 | 193,763 | 2,822 | 0.896 | |
7 | 19,241 | 185 | 0.846 | |
Total | n = 7 | 354,304 | 15,923 | |
Diabetic | 8 | 555 | 26 | 0.440 |
9 | 2,468 | 849 | 0.983 | |
10 | 9,634 | 80 | 0.291 | |
11 | 1,506 | 139 | 0.673 | |
12 | 1,120 | 37 | 0.462 | |
13 | 12,990 | 90 | 0.819 | |
14 | 4,470 | 86 | 0.690 | |
15 | 627 | 70 | 0.780 | |
16 | 33,397 | 94 | 0.444 | |
Total | n = 9 | 66,767 | 1,471 |
Total number of TCRβ CDR3 sequences amplified.
Total number of unique clonotypes identified.
Shannon’s entropy was used to quantify diversity of the TCRβ repertoire. Higher values indicate greater diversity.