Thymectomy and myasthenia gravis

Robert P Lisak^{1

2}, David P Richman^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201; rlisak@med.wayne.edu.
² Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201.
³ Department of Neurology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.
⁴ Center for Neuroscience, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.

Comment

Robert P Lisak et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020.

. 2020 Dec 22;117(51):32195-32196.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.2022901117. Epub 2020 Dec 3.

Robert P Lisak^{1

2}, David P Richman^{3

4}

¹ Department of Neurology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201; rlisak@med.wayne.edu.
² Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48201.
³ Department of Neurology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.
⁴ Center for Neuroscience, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interest.

Thymus-derived B cell clones persist in the circulation after thymectomy in myasthenia gravis.
Jiang R, Hoehn KB, Lee CS, Pham MC, Homer RJ, Detterbeck FC, Aban I, Jacobson L, Vincent A, Nowak RJ, Kaminski HJ, Kleinstein SH, O'Connor KC. Jiang R, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 Dec 1;117(48):30649-30660. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2007206117. Epub 2020 Nov 16. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020. PMID: 33199596 Free PMC article.

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