Molecular Medicine

Table 4 TCR V _β genes associated with TCR V _α 2.3 in BAL CD4 ⁺ expansions obtained from four sarcoidosis patients (Patients 1–4)

From: Restricted Usage of T Cell Receptor V_α/J_α Gene Segments with Different Nucleotide but Identical Amino Acid Sequences in HLA-DR3⁺ Sarcoidosis Patients

Patient	TCR Vβ Gene Segments
Patient	1	2	3	4	5.1	5.2	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13.1	13.2	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
1	+ +	+ + +	+ +	+ +	+ +	+ + +	+ + +	+ + +	+ + +	+ +	+ +	+	+	+	+	+ + +		+ +	+ +	+ + +	+ + +	+ +
2	−	−	+	−	−	+	+	+ + +	−	−	+	−	+ +	+ +	−	+	−	−	+	+ +	+	−
3	+ +	+ +	−	+	+ +	+ +	+ + +	+ + +	+ +	+ +	+	+ +	+	+ +	+ +	+ +	+ +	−	−	+ + +	+ +	+
4	+ +	+ +	+ +	+ +	+ +	+ +	+ +	+ + +	+ +	+ + +	+	+	+ +	+	+ +	+ +	+ +	+ +	+	+ +	+	+ + +

−, very weak/absent; +, weak; + +, normal; + + +, strong.

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