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Adherence of RFD-1 positive dendritic cells to the basal surface of thyroid follicular cells in Graves' disease.
- 1994
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Ingår i: Autoimmunity. - 0891-6934. ; 17:1, s. 59-71
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- HLA-DR positive cells infiltrating Graves' thyroid tissue were examined for their expression of cell-specific immunological markers using light and electron microscopic immunostaining of frozen sections and isolated open thyroid follicles. Graves' glands (n = 21) were enriched of CD68 and Leu-M5/CD11c positive monocytes/macrophages as well as CD4 and CD8 lymphocytes. These cell types were distributed juxta-follicular as well as in other tissue areas. Only the RFD-1 antibody, considered to label antigen-presenting cells including dendritic cells, identified cells invariably located close to the interstitial follicular surface. After follicle isolation, RFD-1 cells were enriched compared to Leu-M5 cells and exclusively adherent to the follicular epithelium. The plasma membrane of RFD-1 positive cells were in intimate contact with the basolateral membrane of the thyrocytes, sometimes extending deeply into the intercellular space of the epithelium. Parallel labelling experiments suggested that the follicle-adhering RFD-1 cells also expressed HLA-DR. Our findings show that in human thyroid glands with Graves' disease RFD-1 positive cells with a dendritic morphology establish direct contact with the follicular epithelium. In view of the fact that both HLA-DR and RFD-1 are associated with antigen-presenting functions it is suggested that a direct interaction of dendritic cells with thyrocytes might be an important component of the autoimmune reaction in Graves' disease.
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- Mölne, Johan, 1958, et al.
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Non-polarized cell surface expression of HLA-A,B,C and HLA-DR antigens in Graves' thyroid follicle cells.
- 1991
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Ingår i: Autoimmunity. - 0891-6934. ; 10:3, s. 189-99
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The intrathyroidal distribution and cell surface location of HLA-A,B,C and HLA-DR antigens was studied in polarized thyroid follicle cells from Graves' (n = 11) and normal (n = 3) thyroid tissue, using light and electron microscopy. Cryosections and isolated, open follicle segments were incubated with monoclonal antibodies against HLA-A,B,C and HLA-DR antigens and with patient sera containing autoantibodies against the microsomal antigen/thyroperoxidase. Immunoreactivity for HLA-A,B,C and HLA-DR on isolated thyroid follicle cells was frequently detected in Graves' disease, but absent in normal glands. There was a large variation in the immunolabelling between follicles as well as between different glands. Both HLA-A,B,C and HLA-DR immunoreactivity were detected on the apical and the basal surface of the follicle cells. Microsomal antigen/thyroperoxidase immunoreactivity was restricted to the apical cell surface. In contrast to normal tissue, HLA-DR positive cells with a dendritic or macrophage-like morphology were frequent in Graves' tissue. These cells adhered directly to the basal surface of isolated follicle segments. We conclude that HLA antigens are, unlike thyroid-specific plasma membrane constituents, expressed in a non-polarized manner at the surface of the follicular epithelium. These observations might have implications on the immune recognition of thyroidal autoantigens in Graves' disease.
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