Cellular infiltration in induced rat thyroiditis: phenotypic analysis and relationship to genetic restriction
- PMID: 2649281
- PMCID: PMC1541870
Cellular infiltration in induced rat thyroiditis: phenotypic analysis and relationship to genetic restriction
Abstract
We have investigated the responsiveness to thyroglobulin (Tg) plus complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) and B. pertussis in a variety of inbred and MHC congenic strains of rats in terms of both Tg-autoantibody titres and histological thyroiditis index. Severity of thyroiditis was strongly Tg-dependent and closely related to the RT.1-MHC haplotype. Phenotypic examination of the inflammatory thyroid infiltrate using single and double indirect immunofluorescence techniques revealed a high proportion of macrophages and T lymphocytes, mainly of the cytotoxic/suppressor subset, in the high responder strains. Thyroid epithelial class II MHC expression although not prominent was strain-restricted and related to the amount of Ia+ leukocyte infiltrate.
Similar articles
-
Characterization of different types of experimental autoimmune thyroiditis in the Buffalo strain rat.Clin Exp Immunol. 1987 Jul;69(1):25-32. Clin Exp Immunol. 1987. PMID: 3652530 Free PMC article.
-
Susceptibility of inbred rat strains to experimental thyroiditis: quantitation of thyroglobulin-binding cells and assessment of T-cell function in susceptible and non-susceptible strains.Clin Exp Immunol. 1975 Jan;19(1):179-91. Clin Exp Immunol. 1975. PMID: 1081924 Free PMC article.
-
Autoimmune thyroiditis induced in mice depleted of particular T cell subsets. II. Immunohistochemical studies on the thyroiditis lesion.Reg Immunol. 1989 Nov-Dec;2(6):345-54. Reg Immunol. 1989. PMID: 2485683
-
Tolerance to autoimmune thyroiditis: (CD4+)CD25+ regulatory T cells influence susceptibility but do not supersede MHC class II restriction.Front Biosci. 2006 May 1;11:1234-43. doi: 10.2741/1876. Front Biosci. 2006. PMID: 16368509 Review.
-
The obese strain of chickens: an animal model with spontaneous autoimmune thyroiditis.Adv Immunol. 1989;47:433-500. doi: 10.1016/s0065-2776(08)60666-5. Adv Immunol. 1989. PMID: 2683612 Review. No abstract available.
Cited by
-
Autoantigens in thyroid diseases.Springer Semin Immunopathol. 1993;14(3):285-307. doi: 10.1007/BF00195979. Springer Semin Immunopathol. 1993. PMID: 7679802 Review.
References
Publication types
MeSH terms
Substances
Grants and funding
LinkOut - more resources
Full Text Sources
Research Materials
Miscellaneous