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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-6-24
pubmed:abstractText
Interferon (IFN)-gamma has been involved in the pathogenesis of Hashimoto thyroiditis. It is a cytokine released by infiltrating mononuclear cells that mediates its actions mainly through signal transducer and activator of transcription-1 (STAT1) but also through other transcription factors. To dissect the effect of IFN gamma on thyroid morphology and function, we crossed transgenic mice that express IFN gamma specifically in the thyroid gland to mice deficient in STAT1. Lack of STAT1 ameliorated the abnormal thyroid morphology and the primary hypothyroidism typical of IFN gamma transgenic mice but not the suppressed iodine accumulation. Interestingly, lack of STAT1 alone decreased iodine accumulation, seemingly through expression of TGFbeta. These results indicate that STAT1 is required to mediate some but not all of the phenotypic changes induced by IFN gamma and that it also regulates iodine accumulation via TGFbeta signaling.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1945-7170
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
150
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3409-16
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-22
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Influence of signal transducer and activator of transcription-1 signaling on thyroid morphology and function.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural