Autoimmune and non-autoimmune thyroid diseases have different patterns of cellular HLA class II expression
CONTEXT: Surface HLA-DR antigen is usually only expressed by antigen-presenting cells (APC). In autoimmune thyroid disease, follicle cells function as APC, thus expressing HLA-DR. However, non-autoimmune thyroid diseases may also express surface class II antigens. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the presence...
Main Authors: | Denise Engelbrecht Zantut-Wittmann, Luís Henrique Barbosa Boechat, Glauce Aparecida Pinto, Miriam Aparecida da Silva Trevisan, José Vassallo |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Paulista de Medicina
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Series: | São Paulo Medical Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31801999000400004&lng=en&tlng=en |
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