Table 3.
Thyroiditis and autoantibodies to thyroglobulin (Tg) and thyroid peroxidase (TPO) enhanced by dietary iodide in mice on the NOD background differing at the MHC locus.
| Strain | H2-K | I-A | I-E | H2-D | M/F | Thyroiditis | TgAb | TPOAb | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOD | d | g7 | ne | b | minimal | (18;19) | |||
| d | g7 | ne | b | M | increased | no | (5) | ||
| NOD-E | d | g7 | I-Eαd * | b | M | increased | no | (5) | |
| NOD-A-Asp | d | g7m | d | b | M | increased | no | (5) | |
| NOD.H2h4 | k | k | ne | b | increased | (18;19) | |||
| k | k | ne | b | M,F | increased | TgAb | (3–5;14) | ||
| k | k | ne | b | M,F | increased | TgAb | TPOAb | (6) | |
| k | k | ne | b | M | increased | TgAb | TPOAb | Present study | |
| NOD.H2k | k | k | k | k | M | increased | TgAb | No TPOAb | Present study |
ne, I-E not expressed;
I-Eβ expressed endogenously; g7m: I-A beta chain mutated to express Asp instead of Pro at position 57 (36); blanks indicate no information