Association of IL6 gene methylation in peripheral blood cells with the development and prognosis of autoimmune thyroid diseases

• Main Authors: Nachi Hirai (Author), Mikio Watanabe (Author), Naoya Inoue (Author), Riku Kinoshita (Author), Hiroki Ohtani (Author), Yoh Hidaka (Author), Yoshinori Iwatani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs), including Hashimoto's disease (HD) and Graves' disease (GD), are archetypes of organ-specific autoimmune diseases, but the prognosis of patients with AITD varies. Autoimmune diseases, including AITDs, are believed to develop in response to both genetic...