Elevated follicular helper T Cells and expression of IL-21 in thyroid tissues are involved in the pathogenesis of Graves’ disease - Zhang, Jin; Ren, Meng; Zeng, Hua; Guo, Ying; Zhuang, Zhenwu; Feng, Zhimei; Yan, Haiyan; Xu, Mingtong; Liang, Weiwen; Yang, Chuan; Cheng, Hua; Ding, Helin; et al. (Immunologic research, 2015)
Keywords: Adult; Allergology; Autoantibodies - immunology; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Case-Control Studies; Cyclic AMP - metabolism; Female; Gene Expression; Graves Disease - diagnosis; Graves Disease - genetics; Graves Disease - immunology; Graves Disease - metabolism; Humans; Immunohistochemistry; Immunology; Interleukins - genetics; Interleukins - metabolism; Internal Medicine; Leukocytes, Mononuclear - immunology; Leukocytes, Mononuclear - metabolism; Male; Medicine/Public Health; Middle Aged; RNA, Messenger - genetics; RNA, Messenger - metabolism; T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer - immunology; T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer - metabolism; Thyroid Gland - immunology; Thyroid Gland - metabolism; Thyroid Gland - pathology; Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP); Graves’ disease; Interleukin-21(IL-21); Follicular helper T Cell