To extend our mouse data to patients diagnosed with thyroid diseases and in particular cancer, we investigated the presence of STABILIN-1+/CD206+ cells in benign tumors (multinodular goiter, MNG, n = 3), in healthy tissue neighboring a PTC (NHT, n = 6) and in PTC (n = 12) (Figure 6A). This evidence concerns the gene MRC1 and multinodular goiter.