A role for autoantibodies in enhancement of pro-inflammatory cytokine responses to a self-antigen, thyroid peroxidase

Clinical Immunology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 218-227

  Nielsen, Claus H ^a   Brix, Thomas H ^b   Leslie, R Graham Q ^c   Hegedüs, Laszlo ^b  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Autoimmune thyroid disease; Cytokines; Hashimoto's thyroiditis; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CYTOKINE; FC RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-6; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHAGOCYTES; RECEPTORS, IGG; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TETANUS TOXOID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 70349968091     PISSN: 15216616     EISSN: 15217035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2009.07.014     Document Type: Article

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