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Hypothyroidism in Noninterferon Treated-HCV Infected Individuals Is Associated with Abnormalities in the Regulation of Th17 Cells

HCV-Ag-specific TH17 cells secrete IL17, a cytokine involved in autoimmune diseases and regulated by IL10 and TGF-b. 5–12% of patients with chronic HCV infection have hypothyroidism. We evaluated the role of these cytokines in this patients by determining serum concentration of TsH, T3, free T4, IL2...

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Autores principales: Salazar, Luis A., Garcia-Samper, Xóchitl, Suarez-Carpio, Rafael, Jimenez-Martínez, María C., Rendón-Huerta, Erika P., Masso, Felipe A., Fortoul, Teresa I., Montaño, Luis F.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3004004/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21188205
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/971095