Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITD) such as Graves’ disease (GD) or Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) are autoimmune, organ-specific diseases probably related to a complex and multifactorial interplay of specific susceptibility genes and environmental exposures. T lymphocytes and their secretory cytokines play indispensable roles in disrupting tolerance. However, their roles are often complex and full of interactions among distinct components of the thyroid e...