Parallel T-cell cloning and deep sequencing of human MAIT cells reveal stable oligoclonal TCRB repertoire

Marco Lepore1, Artem Kalinicenko1, Alessia Colone2, Bhairav Paleja2, Amit Singhal2, Andreas Tschumi3, Bernett Lee2, Michael Poidinger2, Francesca Zolezzi2, Luca Quagliata4, Peter Sander3,5, Evan Newell2, Antonio Bertoletti6, Luigi Terracciano4, Gennaro De Libero1,2 & Lucia Mori1,2 1Experimental Immunology, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland. 2 SIgN, Singapore Immunology Network, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore 138648, Singapore. 3Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, 8006 Zurich, Switzerland. 4Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland. 5National Centre for Mycobacteria, Gloriastrasse 30/32, 8006 Zurich, Switzerland. 6Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore 169857, Singapore.