Increased Toll-Like Receptors Activity and TLR Ligands in Patients with Autoimmune Thyroid Diseases

ObjectiveAutoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) is an organ-specific disorder due to the interplay between environmental and genetic factors. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are pattern recognition receptors expressed abundantly on monocytes. There is a paucity of data on TLR expression in AITD. The aim of th...

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Main Authors: Shiqiao Peng, Chenyan Li, Xinyi Wang, Xin Liu, Cheng Han, Ting Jin, Shanshan Liu, Xiaowen Zhang, Hanyi Zhang, Xue He, Xiaochen Xie, Xiaohui Yu, Chuyuan Wang, Ling Shan, Chenling Fan, Zhongyan Shan, Weiping Teng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2016.00578/full