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Polymorphisms and expression of toll-like receptors in autoimmune thyroid diseases.
Autoimmunity - 1 May 2017
Inoue Naoya, Katsumata Yuka, Watanabe Mikio, Ishido Naoko, Manabe Yu, Watanabe Ayano, Masutani Ryota, Hidaka Yoh, Iwatani Yoshinori
Abstract excerpt
Graves' disease (GD) and Hashimoto's disease (HD) are autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs). Prognosis of AITDs varies in each patient. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are pattern-recognition receptors that activate signaling pathways involved in the production of proinflammatory cytokines. UNC93B1 is a transcription factor of TLR7 and TLR9. In this study, we examined the association of TLR expression and TLR and...
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