Thyroid autoimmune disease: Demonstration of thyroid antigen -specific B cells and recombination-activating gene expression in chemokine-containing active intrathyroidal germinal centers

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 861-873

  Armengol, Maria Pilar ^a   Juan, Manel ^a   Lucas Martín, Anna ^a   Fernández Figueras, María Teresa ^b   Jaraquemada, Dolores ^a   Gallart, Teresa ^c   Pujol Borrell, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GERMINAL CENTER; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LYMPH FOLLICLE; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NICK END LABELING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TONSIL;

EID: 0034842962     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)61762-2     Document Type: Article

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