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Effect of neonatal BCG vaccination on the evolution of Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
2024-02-29
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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> <h4>Background</h4> Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) involves the autoimmune destruction of thyrocytes with the presence of anti-thyroid peroxidase (TPO) and/or anti-thyroglobulin (TG) antibodies. In autoimmune diseases, an immunomodulatory role of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination has been reported with decreased autoantibody production and induction of regulatory T cells. We hypothesize th...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 56afce28-5a1e-525b-bc27-80b311b66077
- DOI
- 10.1101/2024.02.28.24303481
