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Brief Report: A Novel Sodium/Iodide Symporter Mutation, S356F, Causing Congenital Hypothyroidism.
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - 1 Feb 2022
Durgia Harsh, Nicholas Adeline K, Schoenmakers Erik, Dickens Jennifer A, Halanaik Dhanapathi, Sahoo Jayaprakash, Kamalanathan Sadishkumar, Schoenmakers Nadia
Abstract excerpt
The sodium-iodide symporter (NIS, SLC5A5) is expressed at the basolateral membrane of the thyroid follicular cell, and facilitates the thyroidal iodide uptake required for thyroid hormone biosynthesis. Biallelic loss-of-function mutations in NIS are a rare cause of dyshormonogenic congenital hypothyroidism. Affected individuals typically exhibit a normally sited, often goitrous thyroid gland, with absent uptake...
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