ДИСБАЛАНС СИСТЕМЫ “ЛИГАНД-РЕЦЕПТОР” ФАКТОРА НЕКРОЗА ОПУХОЛЕЙ-α И ЭКСПРЕССИЯ TNFRI В ТКАНИ ЩИТОВИДНОЙ ЖЕЛЕЗЫ У ПАЦИЕНТОВ С БОЛЕЗНЬЮ ГРЕЙВСА

The aim of the study was to examine the system of tumor necrosis factor α(TNFα), depending on the functional and morphological outcome of Graves’ disease (GD). It has been shown that activation of TNFαis associated with a “soft” and “benign” clinical course of GD and appearance of morphological markers of autoimmune thyroiditis (Hurthlecells transformation of thyroid epithelium).