ea0011oc58 | ThyroidOC57 British Thyroid Association Award | ECE2006
Cawood TJ
, Moriaty P
, OFarrelly C
, OShea D
Introduction: Anti-cytokine therapy may be useful for the treatment of active thyroid associated ophthalmopathy (TAO). We aimed to establish the effects of selected cytokines on intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM1) expression and adipogenesis in orbital fibroblasts (OFs) from patients with and without TAO.Methods: Orbital tissue was taken during surgery from 5 patients with TAO and 5 control subjects. Primary cultures of OFs were established and sta...