Gamma delta lymphocytes in endocrine autoimmunity: evidence of expansion in Graves' disease but not in type 1 diabetes

Endocrine autoimmune disorders are mediated by T cell-dependent responses to organ-specific antigens, but the mechanisms initiating the process remain unknown. Lymphocytes which use the gamma delta heterodimer as T cell receptor (TCR) for antigen constitute a distinct subset of T cells whose functio...

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