thyroiditis/nicotine

To better clarify the possible role of immune mechanisms in the pathogenesis of Warthin's tumour (WT), we performed a retrospective study of patients with WT surgically treated at the Institute of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Florence, during a 25-year period; looking for a

Tobacco smoking favorably influences the course of Hashimoto thyroiditis, possibly through the antiinflammatory proprieties of nicotine. In this study we tested anatabine, another tobacco alkaloid, in a model of experimental autoimmune thyroiditis. Experimental autoimmune thyroiditis was induced by

OBJECTIVE Our objective was to evaluate the presence of postpartum thyroiditis (PPT) in a group of pregnant euthyroid women. METHODS This study was prospective and descriptive in nature and was carried out over the course of three years in an urban Health District in Toledo, Spain. Information

Simple nodular goiter and Hashimoto's thyroiditis are 2 frequent nonmalignant thyroid diseases. Tobacco smoking has detrimental effects on the endocrine system and in particular on thyroid function and morphology. The objective of this cross-sectional study, involving 1800 Caucasian adults from a

Autoimmune thyroiditis, of which Hashimoto thyroiditis represents the most frequent form, is an inflammatory state of the thyroid gland that results from the interaction between genetic variants that promote susceptibility and environmental factors. High iodine intake, selenium deficiency,

MYMD-1 is a synthetic derivative of tobacco alkaloids, compounds that possess immunoregulatory properties and have been linked to the epidemiological observation that smoking reduces the odds of developing thyroid Abs and hypothyroidism. To assess the effect and mechanism(s) of the action of MYMD-1,

Ontogenetic debut of diseases can determine clinico-pathogenetic differences in disease variants. The aim of the study was to determine the clinical and laboratory features of the variants of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) associated with autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT) in patients with various ontogenetic

BACKGROUND Hashimoto's thyroiditis is less prevalent in tobacco smokers. Anatabine, an alkaloid found in Solanaceae plants including tobacco, has been reported to ameliorate a mouse model of Hashimoto's thyroiditis. OBJECTIVE The effects of anatabine in patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis were

BACKGROUND Invasive fibrous thyroiditis (IFT) is the rarest form of thyroiditis, and reports are often limited to case reports and small case series. In this study, we aimed to summarize our institutional experience with IFT since 1976. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the cases of all patients

Current smoking in population surveys is associated with a slight dose-dependent fall of serum TSH, likely secondary to a rise of serum FT4 and FT3 induced by activation of the sympathetic nervous system; it is independent of iodine intake. In contrast, the slightly greater thyroid size in smokers

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been extensively studied in the induction of inflammation and tissue damage, especially as it relates to aging. In more recent years, ROS have been implicated in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. Here, ROS accumulation leads to apoptosis and autoantigen

Many studies have shown that cigarette smoking exerts multiple effects on the thyroid gland. Smoking seems to induce changes in thyroid function tests, like decrease in TSH and increase in thyroid hormones. However, these alterations are usually mild. In addition, tobacco smoking may also play a