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ArticleBiomarker research2024

Characterization of T-Cell receptor repertoire in immunoglobulin a nephropathy.

Szu-Ying Ho, Chih-Chin Kao, Che-Mai Chang, Yi-Chien Chou, Wei-Tzu Luo, Wan-Hsuan Chou, I-Lin Tsai, Mai-Szu Wu, Wei-Chiao Chang

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Szu-Ying Ho *Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, No. 250, Wuxing St., Xinyi District, Taipei City, 11031, Taiwan.
Chih-Chin Kao *Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, No. 250, Wuxing St., Xinyi District, Taipei City, 11031, Taiwan.
Che-Mai Chang *Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, No. 250, Wuxing St., Xinyi District, Taipei City, 11031, Taiwan.
Yi-Chien ChouDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, No. 250, Wuxing St., Xinyi District, Taipei City, 11031, Taiwan.
Wei-Tzu LuoDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, No. 250, Wuxing St., Xinyi District, Taipei City, 11031, Taiwan.
Wan-Hsuan ChouDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, No. 250, Wuxing St., Xinyi District, Taipei City, 11031, Taiwan.
I-Lin TsaiMaster Program in Clinical Genomics and Proteomics, School of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Mai-Szu Wu *Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, No. 250, Wuxing St., Xinyi District, Taipei City, 11031, Taiwan. maiszuwu@gmail.com.
Wei-Chiao Chang *Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, No. 250, Wuxing St., Xinyi District, Taipei City, 11031, Taiwan. wcc@tmu.edu.tw.
Taipei Medical University · TWTaipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital · TWWan Fang Hospital · TW

Funding

Ministry of Education DP2-111-21121-01-O-13National Science and Technology Council MOST 107-2314-B-038-019-MY3National Science and Technology Council MOST 109-2628-B-038-012Taipei Medical University 111-5812-001-400
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Abstract

Immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) is an autoimmune disease characterized by abnormal IgA deposition in glomerulus. Current diagnosis of IgAN still depends on renal biopsy, an invasive method that might increase the risk of clinical outcomes. Therefore, we aimed to explore the characteristics of T cell repertoire in IgAN from peripheral blood samples for identifying innovative diagnostic biomarkers. Herein, we included 8 IgAN patients, 25 non-IgAN patients, and 10 healthy controls in the study. A high-throughput immune repertoire sequencing was conducted to investigate the T-cell receptor beta-chain (TCRβ) repertoire of peripheral blood. Characteristics of TCRβ repertoire were assessed for these three distinct groups. A reduced TCRβ repertoire diversity was observed in IgAN patients compared to non-IgAN and healthy individuals. A skewed distribution toward shorter TCRβ complementarity determining region (CDR3) length was found in non-IgAN relative to IgAN patients. In addition, the differences in usages of five TRBV genes (TRBV5-4, TRBV6-4, TRBV12-1, TRBV16, and TRBV21-1) were identified between IgAN, non-IgAN, and healthy subjects. Of note, the TRBV6-4 gene, which is associated with mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells, exhibited higher usage in IgAN patients, suggesting potential importance of MAIT cells in IgAN. In short, our findings supported TCR repertoire characteristics as potential biomarkers for IgAN diagnosis.

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Immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN)T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoireTCR sequencing

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