The basis of the development of AITD - Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT), Graves’ disease (GD), Graves’ ophthalmopathy (GO) is the loss of immune tolerance to thyroid antigens - thyroid peroxidase (TPO), thyroglobulin (Tg) and thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor (TSH-R). Here, TSHR is linked to Graves ophthalmopathy.