Entry
Name
Autoimmune thyroid disease - Homo sapiens (human)
Description
The classification of autoimmune throid disease (AITD) includes Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) or chronic autoimmune thyroiditis and its variants, Graves' disease (GD) and autoimmune atrophic thyroiditis or primary myxedema. HT is characterized by the presence of goitre, thyroid autoantibodies against thyroid peroxidase (TPO) and thyroglobulin (Tg) in serum and varying degrees of thyroid dysfunction. During HT, self-reactive CD4+ T lymphocytes (Th) recruit B cells and CD8+ T cells (CTL) into the thyroid. Disease progression leads to the death of thyroid cells and hypothyroidism. Both autoantibodies and thyroid-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) have been proposed to be responsible for autoimmune thyrocyte depletion. In GD, the TSH-R is the most important autoantigen. Antibodies directed against it mimic the effects of the hormone on thyroid cells, TSH, stimulating autonomous production of thyroxine and triiodothyronine and causing hyperthyroidism. The presence of TSH-R-blocking antibodies that bind the TSH receptor in a similar fashion to the antibodies in patients with Grave's disease but that block rather than activate the receptor explains some cases of atrophic hypothyroidism.
Class
Human Diseases; Immune disease
BRITE hierarchy
Pathway map
Drug
D00562 Propylthiouracil (JP19/USP/INN)
Organism
Homo sapiens (human) [GN:
hsa ]
Gene
1081 CGA; glycoprotein hormones alpha chain isoform 2 precursor [KO:K08522 ]
1493 CTLA4; cytotoxic T-lymphocyte protein 4 isoform CTLA4-TM precursor [KO:K06538 ]
3105 HLA-A; HLA class I histocompatibility antigen, A alpha chain isoform A*03:01:01:01 precursor [KO:K06751 ]
3106 HLA-B; major histocompatibility complex, class I, B precursor [KO:K06751 ]
3107 HLA-C; HLA class I histocompatibility antigen, C alpha chain precursor [KO:K06751 ]
3108 HLA-DMA; HLA class II histocompatibility antigen, DM alpha chain precursor [KO:K06752 ]
3109 HLA-DMB; HLA class II histocompatibility antigen, DM beta chain precursor [KO:K06752 ]
3111 HLA-DOA; HLA class II histocompatibility antigen, DO alpha chain precursor [KO:K06752 ]
3112 HLA-DOB; HLA class II histocompatibility antigen, DO beta chain precursor [KO:K06752 ]
3113 HLA-DPA1; HLA class II histocompatibility antigen, DP alpha 1 chain precursor [KO:K06752 ]
3115 HLA-DPB1; HLA class II histocompatibility antigen, DP beta 1 chain precursor [KO:K06752 ]
3117 HLA-DQA1; HLA class II histocompatibility antigen, DQ alpha 1 chain precursor [KO:K06752 ]
3118 HLA-DQA2; HLA class II histocompatibility antigen, DQ alpha 2 chain precursor [KO:K06752 ]
3119 HLA-DQB1; HLA class II histocompatibility antigen, DQ beta 1 chain isoform 2 precursor [KO:K06752 ]
3120 HLA-DQB2; HLA class II histocompatibility antigen, DQ beta 2 chain isoform 2 precursor [KO:K06752 ]
3122 HLA-DRA; HLA class II histocompatibility antigen, DR alpha chain precursor [KO:K06752 ]
3123 HLA-DRB1; major histocompatibility complex, class II, DR beta 1 precursor [KO:K06752 ]
3125 HLA-DRB3; major histocompatibility complex, class II, DR beta 3 precursor [KO:K06752 ]
3126 HLA-DRB4; major histocompatibility complex, class II, DR beta 4 precursor [KO:K06752 ]
3127 HLA-DRB5; major histocompatibility complex, class II, DR beta 5 precursor [KO:K06752 ]
3133 HLA-E; HLA class I histocompatibility antigen, alpha chain E precursor [KO:K06751 ]
3134 HLA-F; HLA class I histocompatibility antigen, alpha chain F isoform 2 precursor [KO:K06751 ]
3135 HLA-G; HLA class I histocompatibility antigen, alpha chain G isoform 2 precursor [KO:K06751 ]
3439 IFNA1; interferon alpha-1 precursor [KO:K05414 ]
3440 IFNA2; interferon alpha-2 precursor [KO:K05414 ]
3441 IFNA4; interferon alpha-4 precursor [KO:K05414 ]
3442 IFNA5; interferon alpha-5 precursor [KO:K05414 ]
3443 IFNA6; interferon alpha-6 precursor [KO:K05414 ]
3444 IFNA7; interferon alpha-7 precursor [KO:K05414 ]
3445 IFNA8; interferon alpha-8 precursor [KO:K05414 ]
3446 IFNA10; interferon alpha-10 precursor [KO:K05414 ]
3447 IFNA13; interferon alpha-13 precursor [KO:K05414 ]
3448 IFNA14; interferon alpha-14 precursor [KO:K05414 ]
3449 IFNA16; interferon alpha-16 precursor [KO:K05414 ]
3451 IFNA17; interferon alpha-17 precursor [KO:K05414 ]
3452 IFNA21; interferon alpha-21 precursor [KO:K05414 ]
355 FAS; tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 6 isoform 1 precursor [KO:K04390 ]
356 FASLG; tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily member 6 isoform 1 [KO:K04389 ]
3565 IL4; interleukin-4 isoform 1 precursor [KO:K05430 ]
3586 IL10; interleukin-10 isoform 1 precursor [KO:K05443 ]
7252 TSHB; thyrotropin subunit beta isoform 1 precursor [KO:K05251 ]
7253 TSHR; thyrotropin receptor isoform 1 precursor [KO:K04249 ]
940 CD28; T-cell-specific surface glycoprotein CD28 isoform 1 precursor [KO:K06470 ]
941 CD80; T-lymphocyte activation antigen CD80 precursor [KO:K05412 ]
942 CD86; T-lymphocyte activation antigen CD86 isoform 1 precursor [KO:K05413 ]
958 CD40; tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 5 isoform 1 precursor [KO:K03160 ]
Compound
D00636 Amiodarone hydrochloride (JP19/USP)
Reference
Authors
Fountoulakis S, Tsatsoulis A.
Title
On the pathogenesis of autoimmune thyroid disease: a unifying hypothesis.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Chistiakov DA.
Title
Immunogenetics of Hashimoto's thyroiditis.
Journal
Reference
Authors
McIver B, Morris JC.
Title
The pathogenesis of Graves' disease.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Stassi G, De Maria R.
Title
Autoimmune thyroid disease: new models of cell death in autoimmunity.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Collins J, Gough S.
Title
Autoimmunity in thyroid disease.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Ruwhof C, Drexhage HA.
Title
Iodine and thyroid autoimmune disease in animal models.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Tsatsoulis A.
Title
The role of stress in the clinical expression of thyroid autoimmunity.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Prummel MF, Strieder T, Wiersinga WM.
Title
The environment and autoimmune thyroid diseases.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Kopp P.
Title
The TSH receptor and its role in thyroid disease.
Journal
Related pathway
hsa04514 Cell adhesion molecule (CAM) interaction
hsa04610 Complement and coagulation cascades
hsa04612 Antigen processing and presentation
hsa04660 T cell receptor signaling pathway
hsa04662 B cell receptor signaling pathway
KO pathway