There are two main animal sources; rabbit antihuman TSH available from the National Pituitary Agency (NPA) or the Medical Research Council (MRC) and guinea-pig antihuman TSH prepared locally. Franchimont (1972) has also reported the use of antibodies to porcine TSH which crossreact with human TSH but this reagent is not generally available. Locally produced guinea-pig anti-TSH is used at a fina...

BACKGROUND Differences between the glycosylation patterns of a pituitary thyroid-stimulating hormone calibrator (pitTSH) and serum samples have been shown to be responsible for nonidentical epitope expression and for introducing discrepancies in TSH measurements. We studied the feasibility of developing new candidate reference materials by remodeling recombinant TSH (recTSH) to generate potenti...

This study investigated whether high-normal thyrotropin (TSH) levels are associated with metabolic syndrome in euthyroid Chinese people≥40 years old. Clinical and metabolic factors were assessed in 2,356 subjects (40-77 years old) with TSH levels in the normal range (0.35-5.00 mU/L). Using 2.50 mU/L as the cut-off point of TSH level within the normal range, we divided subjects into the high-TSH...

Subclinical hyperthyroidism is known to be associated with the risk of fractures in elderly people. However, there are few studies assessing whether low normal thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels affect bone density and geometry. Here, we aimed to assess the influence of the TSH level on bone mineral density (BMD) and geometry in elderly euthyroid subjects. This was a cross-sectional cohor...

The epitopes of human thyroid-stimulating hormone (hTSH) recognized by two murine monoclonal antibodies (MAbs), designated MAb 279 and MAb 299, have been characterized. These MAbs are highly specific for the beta-subunit of TSH. The epitope recognized by MAb 279 appears to be completely conserved between bovine and human TSH and partially conserved in the porcine species. The TSH beta-subunit e...

INTRODUCTION Patients with Down syndrome (DS) often have elevated TSH (hypothalamic origin), which is called TSH neurosecretory dysfunction (TSH-nd). In these cases, there is slight elevation in TSH (5-15 µUI/mL), with normal free T4 and negative thyroid antibodies (AB). OBJECTIVE To recognize the risk of progression to Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT). SUBJECTS AND METHODS We retrospectively a...

A strategy for testing thyroid function with discretionary assay of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) following initial measurement of total plasma thyroxine (tT4) was retrospectively evaluated in relation to the diagnosis of primary hypothyroidism. Over a two year period 14 641 tT4 assays were done and 6887 TSH assays, of which 29% were initiated in the laboratory. The percentage of raised TSH...

CONTEXT The hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid axis in Cushing's syndrome may be altered. Previous reports have shown diminished serum TSH concentration and decreased response to TRH. OBJECTIVE We analyzed serum TSH profiles in relation to cortisol profiles in patients with hypercortisolism of pituitary (n=16) or primary-adrenal origin (n=11) and after remission by pituitary surgery (n=7) in orde...