Molecular analysis of antigen receptor variable region repertoires in T lymphocytes
infiltrating the intrathyroidal and extrathyroidal manifestations in patients with
Graves' disease*
A. E. Heufelder1
, H.-D. Schworm2
, B. E. Wenzel3
, J. A. Garrity4
, Rebecca S. Bahn5
1Molecular Thyroid Research Unit, Departments of Internal Medicine, Munich, Germany
3Cell- and Immunobiology Laboratory, Department of Internal Medicine, Medizinische
Universität zu Lübeck, Germany, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
4Departments of Ophthalmology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
5Departments of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
* This study was supported in part by grants to A.E.H. from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft,
Bonn, Germany (He 1485/5–1, Gerhard Hess program), and from Friedrich-Baur-Foundation,
Munich, Germany