Possible relationship between fibrosis of IgG4-related thymitis and the profibrotic cytokines, transforming growth factor beta 1, interleukin 1 beta and interferon gamma: a case report

Abstract Background IgG4-related disease often forms a mass and the affected lesion is clinically removed because the mass cannot be differentiated from a neoplasm. Affected lesions commonly occur in the pancreas, hepatobiliary tract, kidney, and retroperitoneum. However, the lesion rarely occurs in...

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Main Authors: Atsuko Masunaga, Fumihiro Ishibashi, Eitetsu Koh, Takashi Oide, Yasuo Sekine, Kenzo Hiroshima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:Diagnostic Pathology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13000-018-0684-1