Germline and somatic thyroid hormone receptor mutations in man.

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Thyroid hormone plays important roles in metabolism, growth, and differentiation. Germline mutations in thyroid hormone receptor beta (TRbeta) have been identified in many individuals with resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH), a syndrome of hyposensitivity to T3. However, it has become increasingly apparent that somatic mutations can also occur in individual tissues, and are associated with tumors and malignancies...

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