Depletion of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells exacerbates sodium iodide-induced experimental autoimmune thyroiditis in human leucocyte antigen DR3 (DRB1*0301) transgenic class II-knock-out non-obese diabetic mice

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 547-554

  Flynn, J C ^a   Meroueh, C ^b   Snower, D P ^b   David, C S ^c   Kong, Y M ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells; DR3 transgene; Experimental autoimmune thyroiditis; HLA DR3; Sodium iodide

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DQ8 ANTIGEN; HLA DR3 ANTIGEN; SODIUM IODIDE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SPLEEN CELL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; T CELL DEPLETION; THYROID DISEASE;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR3 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MICE; MICE, INBRED NOD; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SODIUM IODIDE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 33846794550     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2006.03303.x     Document Type: Article

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