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ArticleeLife2026

Thymic selection of the T cell receptor repertoire is biased toward autoimmunity in females.

Hélène Vantomme, Valentin Quiniou, Leslie Adda, Charline Jouannet, Vanessa Mhanna, Celine Albalaa, Pierre Barennes, Nicolas Coatnoan, Vimala Diderot, Johanna Dubois and 8 more

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Article in eLife, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Hélène VantommeImmunology, Immunopathology, Immunotherapy i3 Lab, INSERM UMRS-959, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8759-1208
Valentin QuiniouImmunology, Immunopathology, Immunotherapy i3 Lab, INSERM UMRS-959, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0792-341X
Leslie Adda *Immunology, Immunopathology, Immunotherapy i3 Lab, INSERM UMRS-959, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1395-6864
Charline Jouannet *Immunology, Immunopathology, Immunotherapy i3 Lab, INSERM UMRS-959, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.
Vanessa Mhanna *Immunology, Immunopathology, Immunotherapy i3 Lab, INSERM UMRS-959, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.
Celine Albalaa *Immunology, Immunopathology, Immunotherapy i3 Lab, INSERM UMRS-959, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.
Pierre Barennes *Immunology, Immunopathology, Immunotherapy i3 Lab, INSERM UMRS-959, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3017-0719
Nicolas Coatnoan *Immunology, Immunopathology, Immunotherapy i3 Lab, INSERM UMRS-959, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.
Vimala Diderot *Immunology, Immunopathology, Immunotherapy i3 Lab, INSERM UMRS-959, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1494-7502
Johanna Dubois *Immunology, Immunopathology, Immunotherapy i3 Lab, INSERM UMRS-959, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0440-150X
Gwladys Fourcade *Immunology, Immunopathology, Immunotherapy i3 Lab, INSERM UMRS-959, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1167-9243
Kenz Le Gouge *Immunology, Immunopathology, Immunotherapy i3 Lab, INSERM UMRS-959, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.
Otriv Frédéric Nguekap Tchoumba *Immunology, Immunopathology, Immunotherapy i3 Lab, INSERM UMRS-959, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.
Martin Pezous *Immunology, Immunopathology, Immunotherapy i3 Lab, INSERM UMRS-959, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.
Paul Stys *Immunology, Immunopathology, Immunotherapy i3 Lab, INSERM UMRS-959, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4152-2887
Adrien SixImmunology, Immunopathology, Immunotherapy i3 Lab, INSERM UMRS-959, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5898-555X
Encarnita Mariotti-FerrandizImmunology, Immunopathology, Immunotherapy i3 Lab, INSERM UMRS-959, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8770-0186
David KlatzmannImmunology, Immunopathology, Immunotherapy i3 Lab, INSERM UMRS-959, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0054-3422

Funding

European Research Area Network-Cardiovascular Diseases ANR-18-ECVD-0001iMAP ANR-16-RHUS-0001iReceptorPlus 825821labEx Transimmunom ANR-11-IDEX-0004-02TiilT 10.3030/101080897TRiPoD European Research Council (ERC) Advanced EU 322856
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Women represent about 80% of patients with autoimmune diseases. This may partly result from sex-based differences in T cell receptor (TCR) selection during thymocyte development, potentially influenced by hormones and the lower expression of the Autoimmune Regulator (AIRE) transcription factor in females. To investigate this, we analyzed sex-specific differences in TCR generation and selection. We examined TCR repertoires in double-positive thymocytes and single-positive thymic cells, including CD8

Indexed as

AutoimmunityReceptors, Antigen, T-CellThymus GlandComplementarity Determining RegionsFemaleHumansMaleSex CharacteristicsSex FactorsThymocytesT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryComplementarity Determining RegionsReceptors, Antigen, T-Celladaptive immunitycentral tolerancecomputational biologyhumanimmune repertoire profilingpolyspecificitysex dimorphismsystems biology

Identifiers

PMID42623268
PMCPMC13493126

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