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Thyroid hormone transport in and out of cells.
Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM - 1 Mar 2008
Visser W Edward, Friesema Edith C H, Jansen Jurgen, Visser Theo J
Abstract excerpt
Thyroid hormone (TH) is essential for the proper development of numerous tissues, notably the brain. TH acts mostly intracellularly, which requires transport by TH transporters across the plasma membrane. Although several transporter families have been identified, only monocarboxylate transporter (MCT)8, MCT10 and organic anion-transporting polypeptide (OATP)1C1 demonstrate a high degree of specificity towards...
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