Accumulation of identical T cell clones in the right and left lobes of the thyroid gland in patients with Graves' disease: Analysis of T cell clonotype in vivo

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 127-136

  Sekine, Taichi ^a,b   Kato, Ryoji ^c   Kato, Tomohiro ^a   Masuko Hongo, Kayo ^a   Kameko, Fumiko ^c   Maruyama, Masayuki ^c   Nishioka, Kusuki ^a   Yamamoto, Kazuhiko ^a,d  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b LSI MEDIENCE CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Graves' disease; Intrathyroidal T cell; RT PCR SSCP; T cell clonotype

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONOGENESIS; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0034087747     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.47.127     Document Type: Article

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