Molecular analysis of the T-cell receptor β-chain repertoire in early rheumatoid arthritis: Heterogeneous TCRBV gene usage with shared amino acid profiles in CDR3 regions of T lymphocytes in multiple synovial tissue needle biopsies from the same joint

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1092-1102

  Struyk, L ^a   Hawes, G E ^a   Mikkers, H M M ^a   Tak, P P ^a   Breedveld, F C ^a   Van Den Elsen, P J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CDR3 region; Synovial tissue; T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIUM; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPSY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; JOINTS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0030442480     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2362.1996.440597.x     Document Type: Article

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