Abstract | OBJECTIVE: We wished to ascertain whether different phenotypic appearances in patients with altered cellular sensitivity to thyroid hormones were related to the type of altered intra-cellular thyroid hormone effect. DESIGN: PATIENTS: MEASUREMENTS: RESULTS: The two family members appeared phenotypically normal except for nodular goitre. Thyroid hormone stimulated glucose uptake was depressed whereas thyroid hormone stimulated oxygen consumption was normal. CONCLUSION: Comparison of the present results of the cellular examination in two patients with GTHR, with the results obtained in other families with altered peripheral thyroid hormone sensitivity, suggest that the classic GTHR (phenotype: normal or with goitre) is linked to impaired thyroid hormone stimulated glucose uptake, whereas in patients with osteopetrosis, the thyroid hormone insensitivity seems located at the mitochondrial level (impaired thyroid hormone stimulated oxygen consumption.
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Authors | J Kvetny, J Bollerslev |
Journal | Clinical endocrinology
(Clin Endocrinol (Oxf))
Vol. 39
Issue 1
Pg. 73-6
(Jul 1993)
ISSN: 0300-0664 [Print] England |
PMID | 8348709
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Adult
- Cells, Cultured
- Female
- Glucose
(metabolism)
- Goiter, Nodular
(metabolism)
- Humans
- Male
- Monocytes
(metabolism)
- Nuclear Family
- Oxygen Consumption
(physiology)
- Phenotype
- Thyroid Diseases
(metabolism)
- Thyroid Function Tests
- Thyroid Hormones
(metabolism)
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