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From: Oral exposure to dibutyl phthalate exacerbates chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis through oxidative stress in female Wistar rats

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Th1/Th2 imbalance and Th17 immune response. (A) Immunohistochemistry and average optical density for IFN-γ, FDBP = 5.596 (p = 0.002), FTG = 142.67 (p = 0.000), FDBP*TG = 1.114 (p = 0.351). (B) Immunohistochemistry and average optical density for IL-4, FDBP = 0.537 (p = 0.659), FTG = 1.419 (p = 0.24), FDBP*TG = 0.168 (p = 0.917). (C) Immunohistochemistry and average optical density for IL-17 FDBP = 6.966 (p = 0.001), FTG = 93.46 (p = 0.000), FDBP*TG = 4.136 (p = 0.011). Magnification = ×40. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, compared with the saline group; #p < 0.05, ##p < 0.01, compared with the TG group; &p < 0.05, &&p < 0.01, compared with the DBP50 + TG group.

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