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Previously, we reported that pathogenic TSHR antibodies develop spontaneously in thyroiditis-susceptible non-obese diabetic (NOD).H2h4 mice bearing a human TSHR A-subunit transgene, which is expressed at low levels in both the thyroid and thymus (Lo-expressor transgene). The present study tested recent evidence that high intrathymic TSHR expression protects against the development of pathogenic TSHR antibodies in humans. By successive back-crossing, we transferred to the NOD.H2h4 background a human TSHR A-subunit transgene expressed at high levels in the thyroid and thymus (Hi-expressor transgene). In the sixth back-cross generation (&amp;gt; 98% NOD.H2h4 genome), only transgenic offspring produced spontaneously immunoglobulin (Ig)G class non-pathogenic human TSHR A-subunit antibodies. In contrast, both transgenic and non-transgenic offspring developed antibodies to thyroglobulin and thyroid peroxidase. However, non-pathogenic human TSHR antibody levels in Hi-expressor offspring were lower than in Lo-expressor transgenic mice. Moreover, pathogenic TSHR antibodies, detected by inhibition of TSH binding to the TSHR, only developed in back-cross offspring bearing the Lo-expressor, but not the Hi-expressor, transgene. High versus low expression human TSHR A-subunit in the NOD.H2h4 thymus was not explained by the transgene locations, namely chromosome 2 (127\u2013147 Mb; Hi-expressor) and chromosome 1 (22.9\u201339.3 Mb; low expressor). 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