Endocrine Abstracts

It is known that thyroid peroxidase is expressed on the apical surface of thyrocytes, where catalyze the iodination of thyroglobulin and may, also, be a surface-cell antigen, which involves in the complement-dependent cytotoxicity reactions. Objective: to study the immune status indicies depending on thyroid peroxidase (anti-TPO) antibodies in patients with Graves’ disease (GD). Materials and methods. The study included 35 women aged from 18 to 55 years, mean age of 39.1&...