Triumphs of the Thyroid Despite Lesser Conversion
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Triumphs of the thyroid despite lesser conversion.
In a seemingly wasteful fashion, the thyroid gland focuses its effort into secreting an inactive version of thyroid hormone T4. In fact, a hormone, from the Greek word for impulse, is a biologically active molecule, so in the case of thyroid hormone, the actual active hormone is that of the triply iodinated derivative, T3. To successfully produce T3, the human thyroid processes about 1000 nmol ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Endocrinology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0013-7227,1945-7170
DOI: 10.1210/en.2009-0347