Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: We studied a previously uncharacterized poly A(−) RNA transcript (designated Heg) in blood mononuclear cells and its relationship to TSH receptor autoantibodies and to CD14, Nucks, Cdk1, GCRα, NF-κB and CK2 mRNA.Subjects and methods: The main study groups were a) normal subjects b) patients with early and untreated Graves’ disease and c) patients with Graves’ disease studied after treatment. Quantification of mRNA was...