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Hepatitis B vaccine has been postulated as a possible cause of autoimmune disorders, including autoimmune thyroid diseases (ATD). Cases of Graves' disease and Hashimoto's thyroiditis, following hepatitis B vaccine have been reported to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS).

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[Epidemiologic study of autoimmune thyroid disease in south Tunisia]
Ann Endocrinol (Paris). 2006 Dec;67(6):591-5

Proinflammatory cytokines are involved in the pathogenesis of Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT). To test whether certain specific proinflammatory cytokine gene polymorphisms could be genetic markers for an individual's susceptibility to HT, we investigated single-site polymorphisms of certain proinflammatory cytokine genes of interest for 107 HT sufferers and 163 controls, subsequent to preparing the necessary experimental genomic DNA from peripheral blood, using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based restriction analysis.

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Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy type II in a Chinese patient.
Hong Kong Med J. 2006 Oct;12(5):385-7
Authors: Tsang CC, Ko GT, Wong KK, Chan HS, Yu AW

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS), and Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) are autoimmune disorders caused by impaired self-tolerance mechanisms triggered by interaction between genetic and environmental factors. ITP is an immune-mediated destruction of platelets resulting in mucocutaneous bleeding, GBS is an ascending motor paralysis caused by an inflammatory demyelination of peripheral nerves, and HT is characterized by autoimmune-mediated destruction of the thyroid gland.

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology Volume 64, Issue 4, Page 438-443, Oct 2006. (Source: Scandinavian Journal of Immunology)