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However, the role of\n T<\/jats:italic>\n cells in IgA nephropathy pathogenesis remains elusive. To address this knowledge gap, we profiled the\n T<\/jats:italic>\n -cell receptor repertoire in the tonsils of patients with IgA nephropathy.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n \n This study included 27 and 20 patients with biopsy-confirmed IgA nephropathy and recurrent tonsillitis (RT), respectively, who underwent tonsillectomy. The\n T<\/jats:italic>\n -cell receptor (TCR) repertoire was determined by high-throughput sequencing coupled with unbiased adaptor ligation PCR. Furthermore, the usage of variable and joining regions in TCR\n \u03b1<\/jats:italic>\n (TRA) and joining regions in TCR\n \u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n (TRB) genes in each group was assessed. TRA clonotypes shared among the patients were characterized by complementary determining region 3 lengths, types of mucosal-associated invariant\n T<\/jats:italic>\n (MAIT) cells, hydrophobicity, and their relationships with tonsillar galactose-deficient IgA1 and tonsillar IgA-binding indices of tonsillar bacteria.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n The TRA repertoire exhibited significantly lower similarity in patients with IgA nephropathy than did in RT cases (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.001). Sharing TRA clonotypes among patients with IgA nephropathy was significantly sparser than that among RT cases. The relative abundance of shared TRA clonotypes with shorter complementary determining region 3 lengths was significantly increased in patients with IgA nephropathy (\n P_adj<\/jats:italic>\n = 0.041), which was characterized by low MAIT match scores. Significant negative correlations were observed between the MAIT scores and hydrophobicity for these TRA clonotypes in patients with IgA nephropathy. 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