A novel pathway regulates thyroid hormone availability in rat and human hypothalamic neurosecretory neurons

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Kalló, Imre ^a,b   Mohácsik, Petra ^a   Vida, Barbara ^a   Zeöld, Anikó ^a   Bardóczi, Zsuzsanna ^a   Zavacki, Ann Marie ^c   Farkas, Erzsébet ^a   Kádár, Andrea ^a   Hrabovszky, Erik ^a   Arrojo e Drigo, Rafael ^d   Dong, Liping ^d   Barna, László ^e   Palkovits, Miklós ^f   Borsay, Beáta A ^g   Herczeg, László ^g   Lechan, Ronald M ^h   Bianco, Antonio C ^d   Liposits, Zsolt ^a,b   Fekete, Csaba ^a,h   Gereben, Balázs ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b PÁZMÁNY PÉTER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^f SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^g UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^h TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GONADORELIN; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER 8; PROTIRELIN; SOMATOSTATIN; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE DEIODINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CELL ORGANELLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PITUITARY STALK; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 84862492493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037860     Document Type: Article

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