Fetal microchimeric cells in autoimmune thyroid diseases: Harmful, beneficial or innocent for the thyroid gland?

Chimerism

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 111-118

  Lepez, Trees ^a   Vandewoestyne, Mado ^a   Deforce, Dieter ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autoimmune thyroid disease; Fetal microchimerism; Graft vs. host reaction; Graves disease; Hashimoto's thyroiditis; Hla compatibility

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; BIOACCUMULATION; CELL ASSAY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL TYPE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FETAL MICROCHIMERIC CELL; FETUS CELL; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MICROCHIMERISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; THYROID GLAND;

AUTOIMMUNE THYROID DISEASE; FETAL MICROCHIMERISM; GRAFT-VS.-HOST REACTION; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO'S THYROIDITIS; HLA-COMPATIBILITY;

ADULT; CHIMERISM; FEMALE; FETUS; GRAFT VS HOST REACTION; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HOST VS GRAFT REACTION; HUMANS; MALE; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 84893281735     PISSN: 19381956     EISSN: 19381964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/chim.25055     Document Type: Review

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