ea0037ep967 | Thyroid (non-cancer) | ECE2015
Zake Tatjana
, Skuja Sandra
, Pekarska Katrina
, Groma Valerija
, Konrade Ilze
, Kleina Regina
Introduction: Autoimmune thyroid diseases, including Graves disease (GD) and Hashimotos thyroiditis (HT), are complex diseases combining genetic susceptibility and environmental encounters leading to the breakdown of immune tolerance. The relationship between thyroid cancer (TC) and HT has been proven (Guarino et al. 2010), and the antibody specific association has been demonstrated (Azizi et al. 2014). Overexpression of claudin-1 appears to be an...