Fetal cell microchimerism: A protective role in autoimmune thyroid diseases

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 111-118

  Cirello, Valentina ^a,b   Rizzo, Roberta ^c   Crippa, Milena ^d   Campi, Irene ^a   Bortolotti, Daria ^c   Bolzani, Silvia ^c   Colombo, Carla ^a,b   Vannucchi, Guia ^a   Maffini, Maria Antonia ^b   De Liso, Federica ^a   Ferrero, Stefano ^a,b   Finelli, Palma ^b,d   Fugazzola, Laura ^a,b  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; HLA G ANTIGEN; DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; FEMALE; FETAL CELL MICROCHIMERISM; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HLA G GENE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCHIMERISM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SRY GENE; THYROID FOLLICLE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; Y CHROMOSOME; CHIMERA; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; THYROID GLAND; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD VESSELS; CHIMERISM; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA; FEMALE; FETUS; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HLA-G ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 84935044377     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-15-0028     Document Type: Article

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