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Expression of iodine metabolism genes in human thyroid tissues: evidence for age and BRAFV600E mutation dependency.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Apr 2009
Espadinha Carla, Santos Jorge Rosa, Sobrinho Luís G, Bugalho Maria João
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CONTEXT: Children present a higher susceptibility to developing thyroid cancer after radioiodine exposure and also a higher frequency of functional metastases than adults. OBJECTIVE: To assess the mRNA expression of the sodium/iodide (Na(+)/I(-)) symporter (NIS), the Pendred syndrome gene (PDS), thyroperoxidase (TPO), thyroglobulin (Tg) and TSH receptor (TSH-R) in normal thyroid tissues (NTTs) and papillary...
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