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Detection of TSH Receptor RNA in Cultured Fibroblasts from Patients with Graves' Ophthalmopathy and Pretibial Dermopathy
1 Jan 1993
Abstract excerpt
Fibroblasts are target cells for the autoimmune process in Graves' ophthalmopathy and pretibial dermopathy. Because the autoantigen involved in the hyperthyroidism of Graves' disease is the TSH receptor, we sought to determine whether RNA encoding this receptor might be present in retroocular and pretibial fibroblasts. RNA was reverse transcribed and the resulting cDNA was amplified by the polymerase chain...
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