SCHADE R O, OWEN S G, SMART G A, HALL R
J Clin Pathol. 1960 Nov;13(6):499-501. doi: 10.1136/jcp.13.6.499.
The relationship between thyroid auto-immunity and the presence of lymphocytes in the thyroid gland has been analysed in patients with Graves' disease, toxic adenoma, and non-toxic nodular goitre. In all these conditions circulating antibody to thyroglobulin was significantly associated with lymphocytic infiltration. No similar correlation was established in the case of the complement-fixing antibody.Complement-fixing antibody was significantly commoner in Graves' disease (diffuse thyrotoxic goitre) than in toxic adenoma and non-toxic nodular goitre. Circulating thyroglobulin antibody probably originates from lymphoid tissue within and around the thyroid gland itself. Overactivity of pituitary thyrotropin may favour immunization to the intracellular (complementfixing) antigen.
对患有格雷夫斯病、毒性腺瘤和非毒性结节性甲状腺肿的患者,分析了甲状腺自身免疫与甲状腺内淋巴细胞存在情况之间的关系。在所有这些病症中,甲状腺球蛋白循环抗体与淋巴细胞浸润显著相关。在补体结合抗体方面未建立类似的相关性。补体结合抗体在格雷夫斯病(弥漫性甲状腺毒性肿)中比在毒性腺瘤和非毒性结节性甲状腺肿中显著更常见。甲状腺球蛋白循环抗体可能源自甲状腺自身及其周围的淋巴组织。垂体促甲状腺激素活性过高可能有利于针对细胞内(补体结合)抗原的免疫反应。