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Thyroid-Specific Expression of Cholera Toxin A1 Subunit Causes Thyroid Hyperplasia and Hyperthyroidism in Transgenic Mice*
1 Aug 1997
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Thyroid cell growth and function are regulated by hormones and growth factors binding to cell surface receptors that are coupled via G proteins, Gs and Gq, to the adenylyl cyclase and phospholipase C signal transduction systems, respectively. Activating mutations of the TSH receptor and G alpha s have been documented in subsets of thyroid neoplasms. To test the oncogenic potential of activated G alpha s in...
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