Figure 5From: Clonal expansion is a characteristic feature of the B-cell repertoire of patients with rheumatoid arthritisPersistence of a synovial fluid B cell clone in the same joint for4 months. Arthrocentesis was performed on the same joint of the same patient ondays 0 and 120. One of the B-cell clones identified in each of these sampleswas identical in both HCDR3 length and in VHDJH gene DNAsequence.Back to article page