In Graves’ disease, certain immune proteins can mistakenly attack eye tissue, causing swelling and bulging eyes.

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Thyrotropin Receptor-Stimulating Graves' Disease Immunoglobulins Induce Hyaluronan Synthesis by Differentiated Orbital Fibroblasts from Patients with Graves' Ophthalmopathy Not Only Via Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate Signaling Pathways

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2011 Feb

The study shows that the same immune proteins that affect the thyroid in Graves’ disease also cause eye tissue cells to produce a substance that swells and pushes the eyes forward, which helps explain why eye problems happen in this disease.

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