One pathway is through a common inflammatory pathway involving factors such as interleukin-6 (IL-6), IL‐12, IL‐10 and tumor necrosis factor that were shown to be significantly higher in women with autoimmune hypothyroidism (15, 16, 17) and euthyroid TAI+ women (16) compared to TAI− controls. Here, IL10 is linked to Hashimoto thyroiditis.