IGHE and autoimmune thyroid disease: Inaddition, we thank Dr. Sandra M. McLachlan and Dr. Jin Guo (Thyroid autoimmune DiseaseUnit, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and University of California Los Angeles) forproviding chimaeric human IgE-anti-TPO transfected mouse myeloma cells as well as theiradvice and insight into TPO-specific IgE assays.