ea0009oc38 | Oral Communication 5: Thyroid | BES2005
Cawood T
, Moriarty P
, Golden-Mason L
, O'Farrelly C
, O'Shea D
Thyroid Associated Ophthalmopathy (TAO) is an autoimmune inflammatory condition that usually occurs in patients with Graves' disease. Current treatment for TAO is inadequate and anti-cytokine agents may represent a potential new therapeutic strategy. Orbital fibroblasts are central to the disease mechanism, and have been shown by immunohistochemisty to up-regulate adhesion molecule ICAM1 expression in response to certain cytokines including TNFalpha.In t...