Regulatory T cells but not T helper 17 cells are modulated in an animal model of Graves' hyperthyroidism

Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-46

  Zhou, Jin ^a   Bi, Mei ^a   Fan, Chenling ^a   Song, Xizhu ^a   Yang, Rong ^a   Zhao, Shujie ^a   Li, Li ^a   Li, Yushu ^a   Teng, Weiping ^a   Shan, Zhongyan ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Graves' hyperthyroidism; Th17; Th17 Treg ratio; Treg

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR GAMMA; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR GAMMA T; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE FREQUENCY; GRAVES DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOMODULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TH17 CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GRAVES DISEASE; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-17; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 1, GROUP F, MEMBER 3; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH17 CELLS; THYROID GLAND;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84858152830     PISSN: 15918890     EISSN: 15919528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10238-011-0137-6     Document Type: Article

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