A review conducted by Josef Kohrle concluded that selenium (an anti-inflammatory food component) supply was essential to ensure a normal thyroid hormone profile and preserve the integrity of the thyroid gland exposed to H2O2, excess stimulation by thyrotropin (TSH) or TSH receptor-stimulating antibodies (TRAK), or attack by the immune system in autoimmune thyroiditis [54]. This evidence concerns the gene TG and autoimmune thyroid disease.