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Slit2 Modulates the Inflammatory Phenotype of Orbit-Infiltrating Fibrocytes in Graves' Disease.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Jun 2018
Fernando Roshini, Grisolia Ana Beatriz Diniz, Lu Yan, Atkins Stephen, Smith Terry J
Abstract excerpt
Human CD34+ fibrocytes, circulating monocyte lineage progenitor cells, have recently been implicated in thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO), the ocular manifestation of Graves' disease (GD). Fibrocytes express constitutive MHC class II (MHC-2) and, surprisingly, thyroglobulin (Tg) and functional thyrotropin (TSH) receptor (TSHR). Underlying expression of these thyroid proteins is the autoimmune regulator...
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