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Table 1 Variable region heavy chain genes identified from spleen tissue

From: The VH gene repertoire of splenic B cells and somatic hypermutation in systemic lupus erythematosus

GC/cluster

VH gene

DH gene

JH gene

Number of sequences isolated

A

VH2–5*02

3–10*01

5*02

1

 

VH3–15*01

2–21*02

4*02

3

 

VH3–23*01

1–26*01

5*02

3

 

VH3–30*03

3–22*01

4*02

1

 

VH3–43*02

  

1

 

VH3–74*02

2–15*01

6*02

2

 

VH5–51

3–10

4*02

4

B

VH2–5*02

1–26*01

5*01

3

 

VH3–21*01

  

2

 

VH3–30*03

2–8*01

6*02

1

 

VH3–30*03

2–8*01

4*02

1

 

VH3–30.3*01

3–3*01

6*02

8

 

VH4–30.1

2–2*01

4*02

1

C

VH2–5*02

 

5*02

2(1)

 

VH3–15*01

  

1

 

VH3–21*01

  

1

 

VH3–23*01

 

2*01

1

 

VH3–23*01

3–10*02

6*03

9

 

VH3–30*03

 

3*02

1

 

VH3–30*03

  

2

 

VH3–33*01

5–24*01

3*02

1

 

VH3–74*01

  

(1)

 

VH4–4*03

 

4*02

1

 

VH4–30.4*01

2–2*01

6*02

5(3)

 

VH4–34*01

 

5*02

1

 

VH4–59

1–26*01

4*02

1

 

VH5–51*01

2–2*01

4*02

11

 

VH5–51*01

2–2*01

4*02

3(1)

 

VH5–51*01

4–4*01

3*02

2

D

VH3–07

2–15

3*02

13(10)

 

VH3–23

3–22

6*03

3(1)

 

VH3–33

6–13*01

4*02

2

 

VH3–72*01

5–5*01

4*02

1

 

VH4–59*02

5–24*01

4*02

1

 

VH5–51*01

2–2*01

1*01

3(2)

 

VH5–51*01

6–13*01

4*02

1

  1. The best matching germline sequences identified from blast searching the Vbase database from which the rearranged V-D-J sequences identified from germinal centre (GC) A and GC B, and B-cell clusters C and D were derived. Groups of sequences were deemed to be clonally related when they used the same V, D, J and CDR3, and differed only by base substitutions. The total number of members of each clone is given in the right-most column, and the number of these members that are nonfunctional is indicated in brackets. Identical sequences are only counted once.