那就看他(她)的免疫组库多样性是否完好。可是作为一个临床诊断,最好要有一个定量的描述。这,就是我们新专利的一个特点和诉求。我们称之为D50(Diversity
50)。下面是专利里面对D50的描述: Aspects of
the invention include arm-PCR amplification of CDR3 from T cells, B
cells, and/or subsets of T or B cells. Large numbers of amplified
products may then be efficiently sequenced using next-generation
sequencers. If the
significant percentage that is chosen is 50%, the number may be
referred to as the “D50.”D50 may then be the percent
of dominant and unique T or B cell clones that account for fifty
percent (50%) of the total T or B cells counted in that
sample. For
high-throughput sequencing, for example, the D50 may be the number
of the most dominant CDR3s, among all unique CDR3s, that make up
50% of the total effective reads, where total effective reads is
defined as the number of sequences with identifiable V and J gene
segments which have been successfully screened through a series of
error filters.