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An Attempt to Induce “Graves' Disease of the Gonads” by Immunizing Mice with the Luteinizing Hormone Receptor Provides Insight into Breaking Tolerance to Self-Antigens

BACKGROUND: Gonadotropin receptors, unlike the thyrotropin receptor (TSHR), are not cleaved into disulfide-linked A- and B-subunits, nor do they shed A-subunits. Heavily glycosylated TSHR A-subunits initiate or amplify responses leading to stimulating TSHR-autoantibodies and Graves' hyperthyroi...

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Main Authors: Chen, Chun-Rong, Aliesky, Holly A., Rapoport, Basil, McLachlan, Sandra M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3123529/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21649471
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1089/thy.2010.0460
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