Notch Signaling Pathway Promotes Th17 Cell Differentiation and Participates in Thyroid Autoimmune Injury in Experimental Autoimmune Thyroiditis Mice

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Correlation analyses of Th17 cells with TgAb and Notch signaling pathway-related components in EAT-A mice (). Th17 cell percentages positively correlated with (a) serum TgAb titers (, ), (b) Notch1 mRNA expression (, ), (c) Hes1 mRNA expression (, ), (d) RORγt mRNA expression (, ), (e) IL-17A mRNA expression (, ), and (f) IL-17A concentration in SMC culture supernatant (, ).

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