Control Of The Thyroid Gland: Regulation Of Its Normal Function And Growth (advances In Experimental Medicine And Biology)

Contributions of plasma triiodothyronine and local thyroxine monodeiodination to triiodothyronine and nuclear tri i odothyron i ne receptor saturation in pituitary, liver and kidney of hypothyroid rats.Further evidence relating saturation of pituitary nuclear tri iodothyronine receptors and the acute inhibition of thyroid-stimulating hormone release, Front Matter....Pages i-viii The Thyroid as a Model Endocrine System....Pages 1-4 What Controls Thyroid Growth — That is, Thyroid Size?....Pages 5-10 The Pituitary-Thyroid Regulatory System....Pages 11-26 Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone: Structure and Function....Pages 27-103 Characterization of Receptors for Insulin and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 on FRTL-5 Thyroid Cells....Pages 105-119 Regulatory Peptides in the Thyroid Gland....Pages 121-149 Receptors of the Thyroid: The Thyrotropin Receptor is Only the First Violinist of a Symphony Orchestra....Pages 151-209 Excess Iodide Inhibits the Thyroid by Multiple Mechanisms....Pages 211-244 G Protein-Linked Receptors in the Thyroid....Pages 245-269 ADP Ribosylation and G Protein Regulation in the Thyroid....Pages 271-284 The Inositide and Arachidonic Acid Signal System....Pages 285-293 The Arachidonic Acid Signal System in the Thyroid: Regulation by Thyrotropin and Insulin/IGF-I....Pages 295-326 Integrated Regulation of Growth and of Function....Pages 327-339 Regulation of Growth and Differentiation in Follicle Cells....Pages 341-356 Transducing Systems in the Control of Human Thyroid Cell Function, Proliferation and Differentiation....Pages 357-372 Thyroid Specific Gene Expression....Pages 373-389 Back Matter....Pages 391-403