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The sodium/iodide Symporter (NIS): characterization, regulation, and medical significance.
Endocrine reviews - 1 Feb 2003
Dohán Orsolya, De la Vieja Antonio, Paroder Viktoriya, Riedel Claudia, Artani Mona, Reed Mia, Ginter Christopher S, Carrasco Nancy
Abstract excerpt
The Na(+)/I(-) symporter (NIS) is an integral plasma membrane glycoprotein that mediates active I(-) transport into the thyroid follicular cells, the first step in thyroid hormone biosynthesis. NIS-mediated thyroidal I(-) transport from the bloodstream to the colloid is a vectorial process made possible by the selective targeting of NIS to the basolateral membrane. NIS also mediates active I(-) transport in other...
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