Human T-cell clones from autoimmune thyroid glands: specific recognition of autologous thyroid cells.
The thyroid glands of patients with autoimmune diseases such as Graves' disease and certain forms of goiter contain infiltrating activated T lymphocytes and, unlike cells of normal glands, the epithelial follicular cells strongly express histocompatibility antigens of the HLA-DR type. In a stud...
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| Formato: | Journal article |
| Idioma: | English |
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1985
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