... andincrease in diversity of the T cell repertoire was detectedin the pancreases, with most of the BV families presentat pre-diabetic and d iabetic stages. A similar expansionprofile of the BV TCR repertoire ... post-B cell reconstitution, the majority of the animals present pancreatic TCR expansions (at 13weeks of life). Of note, these animals do not have clono-typic expansions in their pancreatic lymph ... apolyclonal profile of induced clonotypes, with BV2, BV10, BV12 and BV14 being present on over 60% of the animals, followed next in appearanceby BV8S3 and BV11, present in 50% of the mice. B)...