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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Autores principales: 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
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5351790/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24467196
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/08916934.2013.879863

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