Human autoimmunity after lymphocyte depletion is caused by homeostatic T-cell proliferation

Joanne L. Jonesa, 1, Sara A. J. Thompsona, Priscilla Lohb, Jessica L. Daviesa, Orla C. Tuohya, Allison J. Currya, Laura Azzopardia, Grant Hill-Cawthornea,c, Michael T. Faheyb,d, Alastair Compstona, and Alasdair J. Colesa. a Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom; b Division of Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Clayton South, VIC 3169, Australia; c Sydney Institute for Emerging Infections and Biosecurity, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; and d Biostatistics Unit, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3004 Australia.