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Constitutive activities in the thyrotropin receptor: regulation and significance.
Advances in pharmacology (San Diego, Calif.) - 1 Jan 2014
Kleinau Gunnar, Biebermann Heike
Abstract excerpt
The thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR, or thyrotropin receptor) is a family A G protein-coupled receptor. It not only binds thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH, or thyrotropin) but also interacts with autoantibodies under pathological conditions. The TSHR and TSH are essential for thyroid growth and function and thus for all thyroid hormone-associated physiological superordinated processes, including...
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