The +869T/C polymorphism in the transforming growth factor-β1 gene is associated with the severity and intractability of autoimmune thyroid disease

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 379-382

  Yamada, H ^a   Watanabe, M ^a   Nanba, T ^a   Akamizu, T ^b   Iwatani, Y ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune thyroid disease; Cytotoxic T cell; Disease severity; Single nucleotide polymorphism; TGF 1

Indexed keywords

LIOTRIX; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 38549179262     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2007.03575.x     Document Type: Article

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