Mechanisms of immune damage in Graves' ophthalmopathy.

Yuji Hiromatsu,Pei Wen Wang,Len Wosu,Jacques How,J.R. Wall

Mechanisms of immune damage in Graves' ophthalmopathy.

1987

Yuji Hiromatsu
Pei Wen Wang
Len Wosu
Jacques How
J.R. Wall

We have studied the role of immunologically mediated cytotoxicity in the orbital tissue damage of Graves’ ophthalmopathy. Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) against eye muscle (EM) c

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Graves' ophthalmopathy
Immune system
Endocrinology
Myocyte
Connective tissue
Internal medicine
Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity
Peripheral blood mononuclear cell
Cytotoxicity
Immunology
Complement-dependent cytotoxicity
Medicine
orbital tissue
eye muscle
Diabetes mellitus

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