Novel insight from transgenic mice into thyroid hormone resistance and the regulation of thyrotropin

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 271-279

  Abel, E Dale ^a   Kaulbach, Helen C ^a   Campos Barros, Angel ^b   Ahima, Rexford S ^a   Boers, Mary Ellen ^a   Hashimoto, Koshi ^a   Forrest, Douglas ^b   Wondisford, Fredric E ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTIRELIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESISTANCE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0032925174     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI5205     Document Type: Article

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