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...

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Published in:	São Paulo Medical Journal
Main Authors:	Denise Engelbrecht Zantut-Wittmann, Luís Henrique Barbosa Boechat, Glauce Aparecida Pinto, Miriam Aparecida da Silva Trevisan, José Vassallo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Associação Paulista de Medicina
Subjects:	Graves’ disease Autoimmune thyroiditis HLA-DR antigens Immunohistochemistry
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31801999000400004&lng=en&tlng=en