T-cell receptor sequencing reveals decreased diversity 18 years after early thymectomy

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Children's Medical Center, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland. Electronic address: judith.gudmundsdottir@gu.se.
• ² Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
• ³ Department of Immunology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
• ⁴ Department of Pediatrics, the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
• ⁵ Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
• ⁶ Department of Pediatrics, the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Department of Pediatrics, Halland Hospital, Halmstad, Sweden.
• ⁷ Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Department of Pediatrics, the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.