Increased interleukin-4-positive lymphocytes in patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis and concurrent non-endocrine autoimmune disorders

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 148-154

  Santaguida, M G ^a   Nardo, S ^a   Del Duca, S C ^a   Lococo, E ^a   Virili, C ^a   Gargano, L ^b   Lenti, L ^a   Centanni, M ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b AUSL Latina   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmune thyroiditis; Cytokines; Interleukin 4; PAS III; Th1 lymphocytes; Th2 lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHRONIC ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; VITILIGO;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CYTOKINES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYENDOCRINOPATHIES, AUTOIMMUNE; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 79960073240     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2011.04419.x     Document Type: Article

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