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. 1973 Nov;15(3):467–470.

Lymphocyte cytotoxicity induced by preincubation with serum from patients with Hashimoto thyroiditis

Elizabeth A Calder, Dena McLeman, W J Irvine
PMCID: PMC1553904  PMID: 4800956

Abstract

Lymphocytes from healthy donors were incubated with serum samples from nine patients with Hashimoto thyroiditis and subsequently shown to be cytotoxic to chicken red blood cells (Ch. RBC) coated with thyroglobulin. Target cell death was estimated using a standard 51Cr release assay system.

Lymphocytes pre-incubated with Hashimoto serum caused a mean% 51Cr release of 13·11±2·83 (SEM) from thyroglobulin-coated Ch. RBC and a mean% 51Cr release of 1·22±0·65 from uncoated Ch. RBC.

Untreated lymphocytes caused no significant isotope release from either uncoated or thyroglobulin coated target cells.

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