Th17/Treg cells imbalance and GITRL profile in patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 21674-21686

  Liu, Yingzhao ^a   Tang, Xinyi ^a   Tian, Jie ^a   Zhu, Chenlu ^a   Peng, Huiyong ^a   Rui, K ^a   Wang, Yungang ^a   Mao, Chaoming ^a   Ma, Jie ^a   Lu, Liwei ^b   Xu, Huaxi ^a   Wang, Shengjun ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

GITRL; Hashimoto s thyroiditis; Th17 cells; Treg cells

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID INDUCED TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 17; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR GAMMA; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; MESSENGER RNA; THYROGLOBULIN; TNFSF18 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MRNA EXPRESSION ASSAY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RNA ISOLATION; TH17 CELL; THYROID GLAND; BLOOD; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-17; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 1, GROUP F, MEMBER 3; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH17 CELLS; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID GLAND; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTORS;

EID: 84912120805     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms151221674     Document Type: Article

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