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Pathogenic role of Th17 cells in autoimmune thyroid disease and their underlying mechanisms.
Best practice & research. Clinical endocrinology & metabolism - 1 Mar 2023
Wang Yi, Fang Sijie, Zhou Huifang
Abstract excerpt
Autoimmune thyroid disease, encompassing Graves' disease and Hashimoto's thyroiditis, has a very complex etiology. Pathogenesis of the disease involves both genetic susceptibility and environmental triggers. Traditionally, imbalance of T helper cell 1 and 2 was thought to result in the immune disorders in Graves' disease and Hashimoto's thyroiditis. However, increasing evidence recently revealed the important...
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