Disease etiology and diagnosis by TCR repertoire analysis goes viral

M Attaf, AK Sewell - European Journal of Immunology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The importance of T‐cell receptor (TCR) repertoire diversity is highlighted in murine models
of immunodeficiency and in many human pathologies. However, the true extent of TCR …

Comprehensive analysis of TCR-β repertoire in patients with neurological immune-mediated disorders

AP Alves Sousa, KR Johnson, J Ohayon, J Zhu… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
In this study we characterized the TCR repertoire profiles in patients with chronic
progressive inflammatory neurological disorders including HAM/TSP, associated with …

[HTML][HTML] T cell receptor sequencing in autoimmunity

AM Mitchell, AW Michels - … of life sciences (Westlake Village, Calif.), 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
T cells are an integral component of the adaptive immune response via the recognition of
peptides by the cell surface-expressed T cell receptor (TCR). Rearrangement of the TCR …

A new clustering method identifies multiple sclerosis‐specific T‐cell receptors

F Hayashi, N Isobe, J Glanville… - Annals of Clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To characterize T‐cell receptors (TCRs) and identify target epitopes in multiple
sclerosis (MS). Methods Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were obtained from 39 MS …

PCR-based analysis of the TCR repertoire in human autoimmune diseases

C Marguerie, C Lunardi, A So - Immunology today, 1992 - cell.com
Activated T cells play a central role in autoimmune disease. Evidence from animal models,
such as experimental allergic encephalitis, has shown that pathogenic T cells use a …

Blood T‐cell receptor β chain transcriptome in multiple sclerosis. Characterization of the T cells with altered CDR3 length distribution

DA Laplaud, C Ruiz, S Wiertlewski, S Brouard… - Brain, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the CNS associated with T
cells autoreactive for myelin components. In this study, we analysed the T‐cell receptor …

High‐throughput sequencing of TCR repertoires in multiple sclerosis reveals intrathecal enrichment of EBV‐reactive CD8+ T cells

A Lossius, JN Johansen, F Vartdal… - European journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Epstein‐Barr virus (EBV) has long been suggested as a pathogen in multiple sclerosis (MS).
Here, we used high‐throughput sequencing to determine the diversity …

Detection of skewed T-cell receptor V-β gene usage in the peripheral blood of patients with multiple sclerosis

B Gran, D Gestri, A Sottini, EQ Roldàn… - Journal of …, 1998 - Elsevier
The ex vivo analysis of the T-cell receptor V-beta (TCRBV) gene usage by circulating T
lymphocytes in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients may contribute to understanding disease …

[HTML][HTML] Longitudinal analysis of T-cell receptor repertoires reveals persistence of antigen-driven CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell clusters in systemic sclerosis

NH Servaas, F Zaaraoui-Boutahar, CGK Wichers… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The T-cell receptor (TCR) is a highly polymorphic surface receptor that allows T-cells to
recognize antigenic peptides presented on the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) …

Molecular tracking of antigen‐specific T cell clones in neurological immune‐mediated disorders

PA Muraro, KP Wandinger, B Bielekova, B Gran… - Brain, 2002 - academic.oup.com
T cells recognizing self or microbial antigens may trigger or reactivate immune‐mediated
diseases. Monitoring the frequency of specific T cell clonotypes to assess a possible link …