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Thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor and its role in Graves' disease.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Dec 2003
Chistiakov D A
Abstract excerpt
The thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH, or thyrotropin) receptor (TSHR) mediates the activating action of TSH to the thyroid gland, resulting in the growth and proliferation of thyrocytes and thyroid hormone production. In Graves' disease, thyroid-stimulating autoantibodies can mimic TSH action and stimulate thyroid cells. This leads to hyperthyroidism and abnormal overproduction of thyroid hormone....
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