by using a recently developed method for producing thyroiditis in mice consisting of implantation of a fresh thyroid gland into the peritoneal cavity or under the capsule of the kidney with subsequent injection of lipopolysaccharide , differences were shown in susceptibility of the target thyroid gland to autoimmune destruction and in antigenicity of the thyroid gland for induction of experimental autoimmune thyroiditis .
C0040132
thyroid gland
C0677607
autoimmune thyroiditis