Thyroid in 2012: Advances in thyroid development, hormone action and neoplasia

Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2013 Feb;9(2):74-6. doi: 10.1038/nrendo.2012.253. Epub 2013 Jan 8.

Abstract

In 2012, we learned that functional thyroid tissue can be generated in vitro, and that thyroid hormones stimulate autophagy. Patients with defects in TRα have been identified, and di-iodothyropropionic acid has been shown to ameliorate MCT8 deficiency. Finally, we found that gene expression profiling can identify benign thyroid nodules.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Autophagy
  • Humans
  • Hypothyroidism / drug therapy
  • Hypothyroidism / genetics
  • Hypothyroidism / therapy*
  • Monocarboxylic Acid Transporters / genetics
  • Monocarboxylic Acid Transporters / metabolism
  • Receptors, Thyroid Hormone / genetics
  • Receptors, Thyroid Hormone / metabolism
  • Symporters
  • Thyroid Gland / cytology*
  • Thyroid Gland / metabolism*
  • Thyroid Hormones / metabolism*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / surgery
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / therapy*

Substances

  • Monocarboxylic Acid Transporters
  • Receptors, Thyroid Hormone
  • SLC16A2 protein, human
  • Symporters
  • Thyroid Hormones