Thyroid hormone transporters in the brain

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 173-186

  Braun, Doreen ^a   Wirth, Eva K ^a   Schweizer, Ulrich ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,5 DIIODOTHYROPROPIONIC ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; CARRIER PROTEINS AND BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME; HORMONE BINDING PROTEIN; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; IODOTHYRONINE; IODOTHYRONINE DEIODINASE; LAT1 PROTEIN; LAT2 PROTEIN; LIOTHYRONINE; MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER 10; MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER 8; OATP1 PROTEIN; OATP14 PROTEIN; OATP2 PROTEIN; PREALBUMIN; SODIUM TAUROCHOLATE COTRANSPORTING POLYPEPTIDE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; THYROID HORMONE DERIVATIVE; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER; SLC16A2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ALLAN HERNDON DUDLEY SYNDROME; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIUM; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIPID BILAYER; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PLASMA; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; X LINKED MENTAL RETARDATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION, X-LINKED; MONOCARBOXYLIC ACID TRANSPORTERS; MUTATION; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 77955872161     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVNEURO.2010.21.3.173     Document Type: Review

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