Table 2

Detection of TCRBV (Vβ) gene families 1–202-150 in the CSF of control, multiple sclerosis (MS), and optic neuritis (ON) patients, and scored according to PCR band hybridisation intensity (0 = not detectable, 1 = weakly positive, 2 = strongly positive)

ControlsMSON
12345678910111213123456123456789
Vβ 10000000100000010000000000001
21000000220000020000101010101
30000000110000010010001000001
40000000210000010001101010100
50000000210000010000100010101
60000000100000000001000010001
70000000210000011010111000101
80000000200010221010111010101
90000000210000011000000000001
100000000000000000000000000000
110000000100000000000000000000
120000000210000021000120002201
2-15113.100000000000000000001
2-15113.200000020000110000001
140000000200000011010111000101
150000000100000010000010000000
160000000100000010000000000000
170000000100000011000011000111
180000000100000011101111000101
190000000200000011001111000101
200000000100010011000100000000
HLA-DR7,179,16n/a13,177,13n/an/a17,1715,159,16n/a1,1011,1713,1515,154,144,1311,1511,1415,157,111,13n/an/a1,1115,1715,1517,17
  • 2-150 TCRBV families 21–24 were also analysed in MS-6 (Vβ 22, 24 present), C-5 (Vβ 23, 24), C-12 (Vβ 22, 24) , C-13 (none present). All TCRBV 21–24 positive signals were scored as 1.

  • 2-151 TCRBV families 13.1–13.2 were not determined in some subjects, as PCR primers were not then available.

  • n/a= not available.