ea0026p392 | Thyroid (non cancer) | ECE2011
Soldevila B
, Alonso N
, Martinez-Arconada M J
, Julian T
, Planas R
, Pujol-Borrell R
, Martinez-Caceres E M
, Sanmarti A
Introduction: Interferon-α (IFN-α) exerts different immune effects and is used in current therapy for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. One of the side-effects of IFN-α therapy is interferon-induced thyroiditis (IIT). The role of lymphocyte subpopulations in IIT remains to be defined.Objective: This study was conducted to assess different peripheral blood lymphocyte subpopulations, mainly regulatory CD4+CD25+...