0 10 Expression expression NN 11 17 levels level NNS 18 20 of of IN 21 24 the the DT 25 36 thyrotropin thyrotropin NN 37 45 receptor receptor NN 46 50 gene gene NN 51 53 in in IN 54 64 autoimmune autoimmune JJ 65 72 thyroid thyroid NN 73 80 disease disease NN 80 81 : : : 82 94 coregulation coregulation NN 95 99 with with IN 100 110 parameters parameter NNS 111 113 of of IN 114 121 thyroid thyroid NN 122 130 function function NN 131 134 and and CC 135 142 inverse inverse JJ 143 151 relation relation NN 152 154 to to TO 155 160 major major JJ 161 179 histocompatibility histocompatibility NN 180 187 complex complex NN 188 195 classes class NNS 196 197 I i CD 198 201 and and CC 202 204 II ii CD 204 205 . . . 207 212 Using use VBG 213 214 a a DT 215 220 human human JJ 221 224 TSH tsh NN 225 233 receptor receptor NN 234 235 ( ( ( 235 240 TSH-R TSH-R NNP 240 241 ) ) ) 242 246 cDNA cdna NN 247 252 probe probe NN 252 253 , , , 254 256 we we PRP 257 269 investigated investigate VBD 270 275 TSH-R tsh-r NN 276 286 transcript transcript NN 287 293 levels level NNS 294 296 in in IN 297 299 13 13 CD 300 305 human human JJ 306 313 thyroid thyroid NN 314 323 fragments fragment NNS 324 326 by by IN 327 335 Northern northern NN 336 340 blot blot NN 341 349 analysis analysis NN 349 350 ; ; : 351 352 7 7 CD 353 359 Graves Graves NNP 359 360 ’ ' POS 361 368 disease disease NN 368 369 , , , 370 371 2 2 CD 372 381 Hashimoto Hashimoto NNP 381 383 ’s 's POS 384 391 disease disease NN 391 392 , , , 393 394 3 3 CD 395 402 endemic endemic JJ 403 409 goiter goiter NN 409 410 , , , 411 414 and and CC 415 416 1 1 CD 417 424 healthy healthy JJ 425 432 thyroid thyroid NN 433 438 gland gland NN 439 443 were be VBD 444 451 studied study VBN 451 452 . . . 453 458 TSH-R TSH-R NNP 459 469 expression expression NN 470 476 levels level NNS 477 481 were be VBD 482 490 variable variable JJ 490 491 , , , 492 495 but but CC 496 505 displayed display VBD 506 507 a a DT 508 513 close close JJ 514 525 correlation correlation NN 526 528 to to TO 529 532 the the DT 533 543 expression expression NN 544 546 of of IN 547 554 thyroid thyroid NN 555 565 peroxidase peroxidase NN 566 567 ( ( ( 567 568 r r NN 569 570 = = SYM 571 576 0.703 0.703 CD 576 577 ; ; : 578 579 P p NN 580 581 < < SYM 582 586 0.05 0.05 CD 586 587 ) ) ) 587 588 , , , 589 602 thyroglobulin thyroglobulin NN 603 604 ( ( ( 604 605 r r NN 606 607 = = SYM 608 613 0.817 0.817 CD 613 614 ; ; : 615 616 P p NN 617 618 < < SYM 619 623 0.01 0.01 CD 623 624 ) ) ) 624 625 , , , 626 629 and and CC 630 633 the the DT 634 641 nuclear nuclear JJ 642 650 oncogene oncogene NN 651 656 c-fos c-fos NN 657 658 ( ( ( 658 659 r r NN 660 661 = = SYM 662 667 0.935 0.935 CD 667 668 ; ; : 669 670 P p NN 671 672 < < SYM 673 678 0.001 0.001 CD 678 679 ) ) ) 679 680 , , , 681 684 but but CC 685 688 not not RB 689 694 c-myc c-myc NN 694 695 . . . 696 703 Overall overall RB 703 704 , , , 705 710 TSH-R TSH-R NNP 711 721 transcript transcript NN 722 728 levels level NNS 729 733 were be VBD 734 737 low low JJ 738 740 or or CC 741 747 absent absent JJ 748 750 in in IN 751 756 those those DT 757 765 thyroids thyroid NNS 766 768 in in IN 769 774 which which WDT 775 785 expression expression NN 786 788 of of IN 789 792 the the DT 793 798 major major JJ 799 817 histocompatibility histocompatibility NN 818 825 complex complex NN 826 831 class class NN 832 833 I i CD 834 836 or or CC 837 839 II ii CD 840 841 ( ( ( 841 844 MHC MHC NNP 845 846 I i CD 847 849 or or CC 850 852 II ii CD 852 853 ) ) ) 854 857 was be VBD 858 862 high high JJ 862 863 , , , 864 868 thus thus RB 869 881 establishing establish VBG 882 884 an an DT 885 892 inverse inverse JJ 893 901 relation relation NN 902 903 ( ( ( 903 906 MHC MHC NNP 907 908 I i NN 908 909 , , , 910 911 r r NN 912 913 = = SYM 914 920 -0.791 -0.791 CD 920 921 ; ; : 922 923 P p NN 924 925 < < SYM 926 930 0.01 0.01 CD 930 931 ; ; : 932 935 MHC MHC NNP 936 938 II ii CD 938 939 , , , 940 941 r r NN 942 943 = = SYM 944 950 -0.784 -0.784 CD 950 951 ; ; : 952 953 P p NN 954 955 < < SYM 956 960 0.01 0.01 CD 960 961 ) ) ) 961 962 . . . 963 965 In in FW 966 970 situ situ FW 971 984 hybridization hybridization NN 985 991 showed show VBD 992 996 that that IN 997 1002 apart apart RB 1003 1007 from from IN 1008 1019 lymphocytes lymphocyte NNS 1019 1020 , , , 1021 1028 thyroid thyroid JJ 1029 1034 cells cell NNS 1035 1045 themselves themselves PRP 1046 1050 were be VBD 1051 1054 the the DT 1055 1061 source source NN 1062 1064 of of IN 1065 1068 MHC MHC NNP 1069 1071 II ii CD 1072 1084 transcripts. transcripts. NN 1085 1101 gamma-Interferon gamma-interferon NN 1102 1112 expression expression NN 1113 1116 was be VBD 1117 1121 only only RB 1122 1132 detectable detectable JJ 1133 1135 in in IN 1136 1137 1 1 CD 1138 1147 Hashimoto Hashimoto NNP 1147 1149 ’s 's POS 1150 1156 goiter goiter NN 1156 1157 . . . 1158 1161 Our our PRP$ 1162 1170 findings finding NNS 1171 1178 suggest suggest VBP 1179 1183 that that IN 1184 1188 next next JJ 1189 1191 to to TO 1192 1202 lymphocyte lymphocyte NN 1203 1215 infiltration infiltration NN 1215 1216 , , , 1217 1223 active active JJ 1224 1234 regulatory regulatory JJ 1235 1241 events event NNS 1242 1244 in in IN 1245 1248 the the DT 1249 1258 thyrocyte thyrocyte NN 1259 1262 are be VBP 1263 1274 responsible responsible JJ 1275 1278 for for IN 1279 1282 the the DT 1283 1290 inverse inverse JJ 1291 1299 relation relation NN 1300 1307 between between IN 1308 1318 functional functional JJ 1319 1329 parameters parameter NNS 1330 1331 ( ( ( 1331 1336 TSH-R TSH-R NNP 1336 1337 , , , 1338 1345 thyroid thyroid NN 1346 1356 peroxidase peroxidase NN 1356 1357 , , , 1358 1371 thyroglobulin thyroglobulin NN 1371 1372 , , , 1373 1376 and and CC 1377 1382 c-fos c-fos NN 1382 1383 ) ) ) 1384 1387 and and CC 1388 1401 immunological immunological JJ 1402 1409 markers marker NNS 1410 1411 ( ( ( 1411 1414 MHC MHC NNP 1415 1416 I i CD 1417 1420 and and CC 1421 1423 II ii CD 1423 1424 ) ) ) 1424 1425 . . .