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Thyrotropin receptor-associated diseases: from adenomata to Graves disease.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Aug 2005
Davies Terry F, Ando Takao, Lin Reigh-Yi, Tomer Yaron, Latif Rauf
Abstract excerpt
The thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR) is a G protein-linked, 7-transmembrane domain (7-TMD) receptor that undergoes complex posttranslational processing unique to this glycoprotein receptor family. Due to its complex structure, TSHR appears to have unstable molecular integrity and a propensity toward over- or underactivity on the basis of point genetic mutations or antibody-induced structural changes....
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