Generation of a transgenic animal model of hyperthyroid Grave's disease

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2531-2538

  Kim Saijo, Misa ^a   Akamizu, Takashi ^a,b   Ikuta, Koichi ^a   Iida, Yasuhiko ^a   Ohmori, Katsuyuki ^a   Matsubara, Kazumi ^c   Matsuda, Yoichi ^c   Suzuki, Misao ^d   Matsuda, Fumihiko ^d   Nakao, Kazuwa ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal model; Anti TSH receptor antibody; Graves' disease; Immunoglobulin gene; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GRAVES DISEASE; HORMONE ACTION; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID HYPERPLASIA; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CLONAL DELETION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GRAVES DISEASE; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN; TECHNETIUM; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 0141427739     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200324255     Document Type: Article

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