Selenium supplementation alleviates autoimmune thyroiditis by regulating expression of Th1/Th2 cytokines

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 920-925

  Tan, Long ^a   Sang, Zhong Na ^a   Shen, Jun ^a   Wu, Yun Tang ^a   Yao, Zhai Xiao ^a   Zhang, Jin Xiang ^a   Zhao, Na ^a   Zhang, Wan Qi ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CYTOKINE; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; LETTER; LEWIS RAT; PATHOLOGY; RAT; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CYTOKINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SELENIUM; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 84890468104     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3967/bes2013.022     Document Type: Letter

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