New ideas in thyroid autoimmunity.
Endocrine epithelial cells do not normally express human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II molecules, but do so in a variety of autoimmune diseases. This finding suggests the hypothesis that such inappropriate class II-positive expression may enable these cells to present autoantigens and thus contri...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1987
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