Intrathyroidal T cell accumulation in Graves' disease: Delineation of mechanisms based on in situ T cell receptor analysis

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3346-3351

  Nakashima, M ^a,c   Martin, A ^a   Davies, T F ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAGASAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL POPULATION; CHROMOSOME BANDING PATTERN; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAVES DISEASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0029793056     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.9.3346     Document Type: Article

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