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Selenium supplementation fails to correct the selenoprotein synthesis defect in subjects with SBP2 gene mutations.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Mar 2009
Schomburg Lutz, Dumitrescu Alexandra M, Liao Xiao-Hui, Bin-Abbas Bassam, Hoeflich Johanna, Köhrle Josef, Refetoff Samuel
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BACKGROUND: Selenium (Se) is an essential trace element needed for the biosynthesis of selenoproteins. Selenocysteine incorporation sequence binding protein 2 (SBP2) represents a key trans-acting factor for the co-translational insertion of selenocysteine into selenoproteins. We recently described children with mutations in the SBP2 gene who displayed abnormal thyroid function tests and reduced selenoprotein...
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