Essays about: "CTLA-4"

Found 2 essays containing the word CTLA-4.

  1. 1. Utveckling av lymfocytär thyreodit hos hund med fokus på immunologiska mekanismer

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Elin Lundbeck; [2019]
    Keywords : hypothyroidism; lymfocytär thyreodit; hund; CTLA-­4; DLA; autoantikroppar; FoxP3; cytotoxiska T-­lymfocyter;

    Abstract : Lymfocytär thyreodit är en av de vanligaste endokrina sjukdomarna hos hund och uppkommer på grund av en autoimmun reaktion mot thyroidea. Det resulterar i att körteln bryts ned och nivåerna av thyroideahormoner i kroppen minskar. READ MORE

  3. 2. A candidate gene approach to identify genes predisposing for the autoimmune disease canine lymphocytic thyroiditis (CTL)

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics

    Author : Ida Östlund; [2006]
    Keywords : canis familiaris; autoimmune disease; thyroiditis; genes;

    Abstract : The overall aim with this project is to apply a candidate gene approach to identify genes predisposing for the autoimmune disease, canine lymphocytic thyroiditis (CLT). Individuals clinically diagnosed either as CLT-affected or as healthy non-affected controls were analyzed from two birth cohorts of the breeds Giant Schnauzer and Hovawart, breeds that both has high incidence of CLT. READ MORE