Effect of radioactive iodine therapy on cytokine production in Graves' disease: transient increases in interleukin-4 (IL-4), IL-6, IL-10, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha, with longer term increases in interferon-gamma production.

Jones, B M

Effect of radioactive iodine therapy on cytokine production in Graves' disease: transient increases in interleukin-4 (IL-4), IL-6, IL-10, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha, with longer term increases in interferon-gamma production. [electronic resource] - The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism Nov 1999 - 4106-10 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

0021-972X

10.1210/jcem.84.11.6128 doi


Adult
Aged
Autoantibodies--blood
Cytokines--biosynthesis
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Female
Graves Disease--metabolism
Humans
Hypothyroidism--etiology
Immunoglobulins, Thyroid-Stimulating
Interferon-gamma--biosynthesis
Interleukin-10--biosynthesis
Interleukin-4--biosynthesis
Interleukin-6--biosynthesis
Iodine Radioisotopes--adverse effects
Male
Middle Aged
Receptors, Thyrotropin--blood
Thyrotropin--blood
Thyroxine--blood
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha--biosynthesis