Sites of autoantibody production in rats with thyroiditis.

Abstract:

:We have developed a thyroglobulin-specific haemolytic plaque assay and investigated potential sites of autoantibody synthesis in good and poor responder strains of rats immunized with thyroglobulin and in rats subjected to thymectomy and sub-lethal irradiation which subsequently develop thyroiditis spontaneously. The bone marrow appears to be the most important site of thyroglobulin antibody synthesis in all groups, but spleen and cervical lymph nodes are also involved. No thyroglobulin plaque-forming cells could be found in the thyroid. These results imply widespread involvement of the humoral immune system in organ-specific autoimmune processes.

journal_name

Immunology

journal_title

Immunology

authors

Weetman AP,McGregor AM,Rennie DP,Hall R

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1982-06-01 00:00:00

pages

465-72

issue

2

eissn

0019-2805

issn

1365-2567

journal_volume

46

pub_type

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