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This study aims to evaluate the impact of excessive iodine on autoimmune thyroid disease initiation and modulation in mouse models.

The diverse immunoregulatory role of iodine in thyropathy

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Randomized trial evaluates iodine's effect on thyroid inflammation in autoimmune models, suggesting vital insights for therapy.

This study aims to evaluate the impact of excessive iodine on autoimmune thyroid disease initiation and modulation in mouse models.
Administered 0.15% sodium iodide in drinking water to C57BL/6J mice, hTg-immunized mice, and NOD.H-2h4 mice.
Measured plasma thyroxine (T4) and anti-thyroglobulin antibody (ATA) levels.
Conducted gene set enrichment analysis using microarray data for immune pathway exploration.
In the hTg-induced model, iodide reduced plasma T4 and ATA levels and suppressed hTg-specific splenocytes.
In iodide treatment alone, significant thyroid inflammation was observed with increased CD3+ and F4/80+ cell infiltration.
GSEA revealed iodine triggers inflammatory pathways including TNF-α, TGF-β, and IFN-γ in human thyrocytes.

Cheng et al. (2026) studied this question.

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