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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

Natural Killer Cells in Graves' Disease: Increased Frequency but Impaired Degranulation Ability Compared to Healthy Controls.

Daniela Gallo, Eliana Piantanida, Raffaella Bombelli, Silvia Lepanto, Antonino Bruno, Matteo Gallazzi, Giorgia Bilato, Marina Borgese, Denisa Baci, Lorenzo Mortara and 1 more

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Daniela GalloEndocrine Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, ASST Dei Sette Laghi, 21100 Varese, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1873-3048
Eliana PiantanidaEndocrine Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, ASST Dei Sette Laghi, 21100 Varese, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2360-1621
Raffaella BombelliImmunology and General Pathology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy.
Silvia LepantoEndocrine Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, ASST Dei Sette Laghi, 21100 Varese, Italy.
Antonino BrunoImmunology and General Pathology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4790-0861
Matteo GallazziLaboratory of Innate Immunity, Unit of Molecular Pathology, Biochemistry, and Immunology, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico MultiMedica, 20138 Milan, Italy.
Giorgia BilatoImmunology and General Pathology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy.
Marina BorgeseDepartment of Medicine and Technological Innovation, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy.ORCID 0009-0005-0723-6424
Denisa BaciImmunology and General Pathology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy.
Lorenzo MortaraImmunology and General Pathology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4757-7101
Maria Laura TandaEndocrine Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, ASST Dei Sette Laghi, 21100 Varese, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7551-1751

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Graves' disease (GD) is an autoimmune disorder, driven by the appearance of circulating autoantibodies (Ab) against the thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) receptor, thus causing hyperthyroidism. While antithyroid drugs, the only available treatment for GD, carry a significant risk of relapse, advances in immunology could pave the way for more effective therapies. Natural killer (NK) cells, divided into cytotoxic CD56

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Cell DegranulationGraves DiseaseKiller Cells, NaturalAdultAgedCase-Control StudiesCytokinesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedYoung AdultCytokinesflow cytometryGraves’ diseaseinnate immunitynatural killer cellspathogenesis

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PMID39940745
PMCPMC11816991

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