To characterize the lymphocytic thyroiditis (LT) of BB/W rats further and to evaluate early increases of cytokine gene expression in LT, we investigated the interleukin (IL)-2, -4, -6, -10, -12p40, interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) gene expression in the thyroids, spleens, and livers of BB/W rats with and without histological evidence for thyroiditis.
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Thyroiditis