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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Douglas RS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6367366 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Eye (London, England) 20181221 2
Thyroid eye disease is a disabling autoimmune disease associated with orbital inflammation and tissue remodeling which can result in significant proptosis, leading to visual alterations and is potentially sight threatening. Current evidence indicates that autoantibodies to the insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF-1R), along with the thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR), mediate the pathogenesis in susceptible individuals. Teprotumumab, a monoclonal IGF-1R antagonist, has demonstrate ...[more]