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Fas ligand gene polymorphisms are not associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis and Graves' disease.
Human immunology - 1 Feb 2003
Stuck Bettina J, Pani Michael A, Besrour Foued, Segni Maria, Krause Maren, Usadel Klaus-H, Badenhoop Klaus
Abstract excerpt
Hashimoto's thyroiditis and Graves' disease represent the two most common autoimmune thyroid disorders. Whereas in Hashimoto's thyroiditis FasL expression causes thyrocytes to undergo apoptosis, additional anti-apoptotic molecules appear to protect these cells in Graves' disease. Mutations of the FasL gene were observed in systemic lupus erythematosus. Given its functional relevance for the pathogenesis of...
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