title: Increase in serum concentration of FAS ligand as a possible mechanism for antithyroid cytotoxicity during autoimmune thyroid diseases.
abstract: We studied the dependence of serum cytotoxic activity on the contents of soluble apoptosis receptor and its soluble ligand in patients with autoimmune thyroid diseases.
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Endocrinology, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow. vik@mail
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Kandror
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Babkina
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Krainova
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Kavtaradze
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Kushlinskii
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D053222:Fas Ligand Protein; D005260:Female; D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D012426:Russia; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000502:physiology*; D013967:Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D019014:fas Receptor / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: C505661:FASLG protein, human; D053222:Fas Ligand Protein; D008024:Ligands; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D019014:fas Receptor