Researchers identify an immune cell linked to inflammation and s...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Thu, 01/07/2010 - 23:00

(University of Michigan Health System) A cell type that causes significant scarring in lung disease appears to have a similar effect in Graves' disease, researchers have found.

The cells, called fibrocytes, are present at a higher than normal frequency in patients with Graves' disease, according to a new study, the first to associate fibrocytes with this autoimmune disease.

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