Hyperexpression of transporter in antigen processing-1 (TAP-1) in thyroid glands affected by autoimmunity: A contributory factor to the breach of tolerance to thyroid antigens?

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 98-106

  Sospedra, M ^a,b   Tolosa, E ^a,b   Armengol, P ^a,b   Ashhab, Y ^a,b   Urlinger, S ^a   Lucas Martin, A ^a,c   Foz Sala, M ^a   Jaraquemada, D ^a,b   Pujol Borrell, R ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antigen presentation; Autoimmunity; Cytokines; HLA; Thyroid; Transporter associated with antigen processing 1

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETIOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0030871424     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1997.3811277.x     Document Type: Article

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