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ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2021

Mechanisms That Underly T Cell Immunity in Graves' Orbitopathy.

Sijie Fang, Yi Lu, Yazhuo Huang, Huifang Zhou, Xianqun Fan

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Review in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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49 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sijie FangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Yi LuDepartment of Ophthalmology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Yazhuo HuangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Huifang ZhouDepartment of Ophthalmology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Xianqun FanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Graves' orbitopathy (GO), also known as thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy, is the most common ocular abnormality of Graves' disease. It is a disfiguring, invalidating, and potentially blinding orbital disease mediated by an interlocking and complicated immune network. Self-reactive T cells directly against thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor-bearing orbital fibroblasts contribute to autoimmune inflammation and tissue remodeling in GO orbital connective tissues. To date, T helper (Th) 1 (cytotoxic leaning) and Th2 (antibody leaning) cell subsets and an emerging role of Th17 (fibrotic leaning) cells have been implicated in GO pathogenesis. The potential feedback loops between orbital native residential CD34

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AdipocytesAnimalsAntigens, CD34AutoimmunityCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCytokinesFibroblastsFlow CytometryGraves DiseaseGraves OphthalmopathyHumansImmune SystemImmune ToleranceInflammationMiceAntigens, CD34CytokinesReceptors, Thyrotropineffector T cellfibrocyteGraves’ orbitopathyorbital fibroblastT cell immunitythyroid-associated ophthalmology

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PMID33868176
PMCPMC8049604

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