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ArticlePloS one2011

cDNA immunization of mice with human thyroglobulin generates both humoral and T cell responses: a novel model of thyroid autoimmunity.

Eric M Jacobson, Erlinda Concepcion, Kenneth Ho, Peter Kopp, Jussara Vono Toniolo, Yaron Tomer

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Article in PloS one, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Eric M JacobsonDivision of Endocrinology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America. Eric.Jacobson@uc.edu
Erlinda Concepcion
Kenneth Ho
Peter Kopp
Jussara Vono Toniolo
Yaron Tomer
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · USNorthwestern University · USUniversity of Cincinnati Medical Center · US

Funding

Mapping Autoimmune Diabetes and Thyroiditis GenesR01DK067555 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI MIHAELA STEFAN LIFSHITZ, YARON TOMER · 2005 to 2026
$5.8M
Thyroid Derived Peptide Presentation by HLA-DR in ThyroiditisR01DK073681 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI TOMER, YARON · 2006 to 2022
$5.0M
Identifying Genes Linked to Autoimmune Thyroid DiseasesR01DK061659 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI TOMER, YARON · 2002 to 2017
$4.1M
Function and structure of pendrin in thyroid cellsR01DK063024 · NIDDK · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI KOPP, PETER ANDREAS · 2003 to 2007
$1.3M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thyroglobulin (Tg) represents one of the largest known self-antigens involved in autoimmunity. Numerous studies have implicated it in triggering and perpetuating the autoimmune response in autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITD). Indeed, traditional models of autoimmune thyroid disease, experimental autoimmune thyroiditis (EAT), are generated by immunizing mice with thyroglobulin protein in conjunction with an adjuvant, or by high repeated doses of Tg alone, without adjuvant. These extant models are limited in their experimental flexibility, i.e. the ability to make modifications to the Tg used in immunizations. In this study, we have immunized mice with a plasmid cDNA encoding the full-length human Tg (hTG) protein, in order to generate a model of Hashimoto's thyroiditis which is closer to the human disease and does not require adjuvants to breakdown tolerance. Human thyroglobulin cDNA was injected and subsequently electroporated into skeletal muscle using a square wave generator. Following hTg cDNA immunizations, the mice developed both B and T cell responses to Tg, albeit with no evidence of lymphocytic infiltration of the thyroid. This novel model will afford investigators the means to test various hypotheses which were unavailable with the previous EAT models, specifically the effects of hTg sequence variations on the induction of thyroiditis.

Indexed as

AutoimmunityAnimalsB-LymphocytesDNA, ComplementaryElectroporationFemaleHashimoto DiseaseHumansImmune ToleranceMiceMice, Inbred C3HModels, AnimalModels, GeneticPlasmidsThyroglobulinThyroiditis, AutoimmuneDNA, ComplementaryThyroglobulin

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PMID21559421
PMCPMC3084781
OpenAlexW2063875329

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