We found a match
Your institution may have rights to this item. Sign in to continue.
- Title
Response to 'Thyrocytes ? not innocent bystanders in autoimmune disease'.
- Authors
Stassi, Giorgio; De Maria, Ruggero
- Abstract
Presents a proposal by Giordano et al for the role of thyrocytes in the regulation of the autoimmune response during Grave's disease (GD). Weak expression of Fas in GD thyrocytes; Role of FasL in the deletion of infiltrating T[subH]1 cells; Maintenance of T[subH]2 phenotype in the lymphocytic infiltration by FasL; Reasons behind the higher Fas expression in Hashimoto's thyroiditis' thyrocytes compared with GD thyrocytes.
- Subjects
THYROID antagonists; AUTOIMMUNE diseases; T cells
- Publication
Nature Immunology, 2001, Vol 2, Issue 3, p183
- ISSN
1529-2908
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/85226