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Class II HLA-DR antigens on non-autoimmune human thyroid cells stimulate autologous T cells with high suppressor activity.
Autoimmunity - 1 Jan 1990
Lahat N, Sheinfeld M, Sobel E, Baron E, Kraiem Z
Abstract excerpt
Human autoimmune thyroid cells "spontaneously" express MHC-class II antigens. These antigens have been assumed to trigger thyroid-specific helper T cell clones, leading in turn to the expansion of thyroid autoantibody-secreting B cells. Thyroid cells derived from non-autoimmune subjects do not express MHC-class antigens, but these can be readily induced with gamma-interferon. We have addressed the issue of...
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