Serum interleukin-23 (IL-23) is increased in Hashimoto's thyroiditis

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 359-363

  Ruggeri, Rosaria Maddalena ^a   Saitta, Salvatore ^a   Cristani, Mariateresa ^a   Giovinazzo, Salvatore ^a   Tigano, Valeria ^a   Trimarchi, Francesco ^a   Benvenga, Salvatore ^a,b   Gangemi, Sebastiano ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmune thyroid disease; Cytokines; Hashimoto's thyroiditis; Interleukin 23; Lymphocytes T helper 17

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; ANTI-THYROGLOBULIN; AUTOANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 23; THYROID MICROSOMAL ANTIBODIES; THYROTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELISA KIT; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UPREGULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-23; ITALY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THYROTROPIN; UP-REGULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899670127     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: 13484540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.EJ13-0484     Document Type: Article

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