Presence of Epstein–Barr virus-infected B lymphocytes with thyrotropin receptor antibodies on their surface in Graves’ disease patients and in healthy individuals

Graves’ disease is an autoimmune hyperthyroidism caused by thyrotropin receptor antibodies (TRAbs). Because Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) persists in B cells and is occasionally reactivated, we hypothesized that EBV contributes to TRAbs production in Graves’ disease patients by stimulating the TRAbs-prod...

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Publié dans:Autoimmunity
Auteurs principaux: Nagata, Keiko, Higaki, Katsumi, Nakayama, Yuji, Miyauchi, Hiromi, Kiritani, Yui, Kanai, Kyosuke, Matsushita, Michiko, Iwasaki, Takeshi, Sugihara, Hirotsugu, Kuwamoto, Satoshi, Kato, Masako, Murakami, Ichiro, Nanba, Eiji, Kimura, Hiroshi, Hayashi, Kazuhiko
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: Taylor & Francis 2014
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5351790/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24467196
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3109/08916934.2013.879863
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