Yamashita et al., J Endocrinol 1989
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The regulation of thyroglobulin (Tg) and its specific mRNA by interleukin-1 (IL-1) in cultured human thyrocytes was investigated
Resetkova et al., Clin Invest Med 1993
(Graves Disease...) :
We have investigated the in vitro effects of interleukin-1-beta (IL-1-beta) , interleukin-2 (IL-2), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) on the induction of anti-thyroperoxidase ( anti-TPO ), anti-thyroglobulin ( anti-Tg ), and IgG secreting cells ( SC ) by cultures of pokeweed mitogen ( PWM ) -stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells ( PBMC ) obtained from patients with Hashimoto 's thyroiditis ( HT ), Graves ' disease ( GD ), and controls ( C )