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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Main Authors: Pujol-Borrell, R, Todd, I, Londei, M, Feldmann, M, Bottazzo, G
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1987

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