Lack of preferential V beta usage in synovial T cells of rheumatoid arthritis patients
- PMID: 8390552
- DOI: 10.1007/BF02918365
Lack of preferential V beta usage in synovial T cells of rheumatoid arthritis patients
Abstract
The T-cell receptor V beta subfamily repertoires of synovial and peripheral T cells of 8 rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients were determined using the polymerase chain reaction. Three normal controls were included. Some of the rheumatoid synovial samples did not express the complete range of V beta families and lacked as many as 6 gene families. However, these patients showed considerable individual variation in expression. Overall, the data do not support preferential T-cell receptor V beta usage in synovial T cells of RA patients either in comparison to their autochthonous peripheral T cells or to peripheral T cells of normal subjects.
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