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Spontaneous lymphocyt ic thyroiditis in interferon regulatory factor-1 deficient non-obese diabetic mice.
Journal of endocrinological investigation - 1 Apr 2005
Hoshikawa S, Mori K, Tani J, Jin Z, Nakagawa Y, Satoh J, Ito S, Yoshida K
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Interferon regulatory factor-1 (IRF-1) is a transcription factor involved in interferon-mediated immune reaction, CD8+ T cell differentiation and development of T helper 1 immune reaction. We have recently demonstrated that IRF-1 is pivotal in iodine-induced lymphocytic thyroiditis (LT) in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice. However, it remains unclear whether the mechanism involved in spontaneous LT is identical with...
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