Energy balance is maintained by controlling both energy intake and energy expenditure. Thyroid hormones play a crucial role in regulating energy expenditure. Their levels are adjusted by a tight feed back-control led ...

The interplay between thyroid hormone action and the immune system has been established in physiological and pathological settings. However, their connection is complex and still not completely understood. The thyroid ...

Iodine is a crucial component of thyroid hormones; therefore, a key requirement for thyroid hormone biosynthesis is that iodide (I2) be actively accumulated in the thyroid follicular cell. The ability of the thyroid epithelia ...

Purpose of review To perform an update review on thyroglobulin gene mutations associated with congenital hypothyroidism, thyroid cancer, and autoimmunity. Recent findings Forty-two thyroglobulin mutations have been identified ...

We reported thyroid hormone (TH) receptor expression in murine dendritic cells (DCs) and 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine (T3)-dependent stimulation of DC maturation and ability to develop a Th1-type adaptive response. Moreover, ...