| AID | autoimmune disease |
| AIT | autoimmune thyroiditis |
| AITD | autoimmune thyroid disease |
| DBD | vitamin D binding protein |
| CYP27B1 | (1-α-hydroxylase) |
| GWAS | genome-wide association studies |
| GD | Graves’ disease |
| GO | Graves’ opthalmopathy |
| HT | Hashimoto’s thyroiditis |
| IL-6 | interleukin 6 |
| SNP | single-nucleotide polymorphism |
| TgAB | antithyroglobulin antibodies |
| TNFα | tumor necrotic factor α |
| TPOAb | antithyroid peroxidase antibodies |
| TRAb | TSH receptor antibodies |
| Tregs | T regulatory cells |
| TSH | thyroid-stimulating hormone |
| VDR | vitamin D receptor |
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