Innate immune activation and thyroid autoimmunity

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3661-3671

  Kawashima, Akira ^a   Tanigawa, Kazunari ^a   Akama, Takeshi ^a   Yoshihara, Aya ^a   Ishii, Norihisa ^a   Suzuki, Koichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; GENOMIC DNA; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CELL DAMAGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TARGET CELL; THYROID DISEASE; TISSUE INJURY;

AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 83155165531     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2011-1568     Document Type: Review

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