Increased frequency of follicular helper T cells in patients with autoimmune thyroid disease

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 943-950

  Zhu, Chenlu ^a   Jie, Ma ^a   Liu, Yingzhao ^a   Tong, Jia ^a   Tian, Jie ^a   Chen, Jianguo ^a   Tang, Xinyi ^a   Xu, Huaxi ^a   Lu, Liwei ^b   Wang, Shengjun ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CD4 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; HORMONE; INDUCIBLE T CELL COSTIMULATOR; INTERLEUKIN 21; LIOTHYRONINE; MESSENGER RNA; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; PROTEIN BCL 6; THIAMAZOLE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW UP; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HELPER CELL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 84863229440     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2011-2003     Document Type: Article

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