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TSH receptor monoclonal antibodies with agonist, antagonist, and inverse agonist activities.
Methods in enzymology - 1 Jan 2010
Sanders Jane, Miguel Ricardo Núñez, Furmaniak Jadwiga, Smith Bernard Rees
Abstract excerpt
Autoantibodies in autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) bind to the TSH receptor (TSHR) and can act as either agonists, mimicking the biological activity of TSH, or as antagonists inhibiting the action of TSH. Furthermore, some antibodies with antagonist activity can also inhibit the constitutive activity of the TSHR, that is, act as inverse agonists. The production of animal TSHR monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) with...
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