“…The TCR repertoire has been frequently studied in various diseases, but mainly in blood samples (6,14,15,19,(21)(22)(23)37,39), and more rarely in injured organs (3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)17,20,21,24,(32)(33)(34). However, it is well known that circulating lymphocytes do not exactly reflect the situation in tissues where pathologic lesions occur (6,17,23,33,37).…”