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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
卷 168, 期 5, 页码 2470-2474出版社
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.168.5.2470
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- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES [R01AI037141] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES [P60DK020572] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NIAID NIH HHS [R01 AI 37141] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [P60 DK 20572] Funding Source: Medline
Treatment of cultured primary human thyroid cells with IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha uniquely allows the induction of Fas-mediated apoptosis. To investigate the role of this cytokine combination in vivo, CBA/J mice were immunized with thyroglobulin and then injected with IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha. Compared with control animals, mice treated with IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha showed significantly sustained lymphocytic infiltration in the thyroid, which was associated with the destruction of portions of the follicular architecture at wk 6 after initial immunization. Furthermore, the number of apoptotic thyroid follicular cells was increased only in the thyroids from mice treated with the IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha. We also analyzed the function of the Fas pathway in vivo in cytokine-treated mice by using an agonist anti-Fas Ab injected directly into the thyroid. Minimal apoptosis of thyroid epithelial cells was observed unless the mice were pretreated with IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha. These data demonstrate that this unique combination of inflammatory cytokines facilitates the apoptotic destruction of thyroid follicular cells in experimental autoimmune thyroiditis, in a manner similar to what is observed in Hashimoto's thyroiditis in humans.
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