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ea0026p392 | Thyroid (non cancer) | ECE2011

Increased Th1 response and regulatory CD4+CD25+CD127low/−FoxP3+ T cells in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection developing interferon-induced thyroiditis

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+...