Exacerbation of autoimmune thyroiditis by a single low dose of whole-body irradiation in non-obese diabetic-H2h4 mice

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 761-769

  Nagayama, Yuji ^a,b   Kaminoda, Kazuhisa ^a   Mizutori, Yumiko ^a   Saitoh, Ohki ^a   Abiru, Norio ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Iodide; Thyroglobulin; Thyroid autoimmunity; Thyrotropin receptor

Indexed keywords

SODIUM IODIDE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE MODEL; EFFECTOR CELL; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONOBESE DIABETIC MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GRAVES DISEASE; H-2 ANTIGENS; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED NOD; RADIATION DOSAGE; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; MUS;

EID: 52949139819     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09553000802345910     Document Type: Article

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