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Evidence that mouse thyroid stimulator does not stimulate the human thyroid gland. 1976

D D Adams, and T H Kennedy, and R D Stewart

Thyroid 131I uptake and human thyroid stimulator (HTS) level were measured in 20 untreated thyrotoxic patients who also showed mouse thyroid stimulator (MTS) ACtivity. The correlation between thyroid uptake and HTS level was highly significant (P less than 0-005), the coefficient, r, being 0-66, comparable with the value 0-68 obtained in a previous study of patients not showing MTS. Thus, the presence of widely varying amounts of MTS does not impair the close correlation existing between HTS level and thyroid 131I uptake in thyrotoxic people. There was no correlation between MTS level and thyroid 131I uptake (r = 0-11, n.s.). It is concluded that MTS, a potent stimulator of the thyroid glands of mice, guinea pigs and monkeys, does not stimulate the human thyroid gland.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D006980	Hyperthyroidism	Hypersecretion of THYROID HORMONES from the THYROID GLAND. Elevated levels of thyroid hormones increase BASAL METABOLIC RATE.	Hyperthyroid,Primary Hyperthyroidism,Hyperthyroidism, Primary,Hyperthyroids
D007455	Iodine	A nonmetallic element of the halogen group that is represented by the atomic symbol I, atomic number 53, and atomic weight of 126.90. It is a nutritionally essential element, especially important in thyroid hormone synthesis. In solution, it has anti-infective properties and is used topically.	Iodine-127,Iodine 127
D008135	Long-Acting Thyroid Stimulator	An immunoglobulin G, often found in the blood of hyperthyroid individuals. It stimulates the thyroid for a longer duration than does thyrotoxin and may cause hyperthyroidism in newborns due to placental transmission.	LATS,Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Receptor Autoantibodies,Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Receptor Autoantibody,Thyroid Stimulator, Long-Acting,Thyrotropin Receptor Antibodies,Thyrotropin Receptor Antibody,Thyrotropin Receptor Autoantibodies,Thyrotropin Receptor Autoantibody,Antibody, Thyrotropin Receptor,Autoantibody, Thyrotropin Receptor,Long Acting Thyroid Stimulator,Receptor Antibody, Thyrotropin,Receptor Autoantibody, Thyrotropin,Thyroid Stimulator, Long Acting
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001323	Autoantibodies	Antibodies that react with self-antigens (AUTOANTIGENS) of the organism that produced them.	Autoantibody
D013045	Species Specificity	The restriction of a characteristic behavior, anatomical structure or physical system, such as immune response; metabolic response, or gene or gene variant to the members of one species. It refers to that property which differentiates one species from another but it is also used for phylogenetic levels higher or lower than the species.	Species Specificities,Specificities, Species,Specificity, Species
D013961	Thyroid Gland	A highly vascularized endocrine gland consisting of two lobes joined by a thin band of tissue with one lobe on each side of the TRACHEA. It secretes THYROID HORMONES from the follicular cells and CALCITONIN from the parafollicular cells thereby regulating METABOLISM and CALCIUM level in blood, respectively.	Thyroid,Gland, Thyroid,Glands, Thyroid,Thyroid Glands,Thyroids
D051379	Mice	The common name for the genus Mus.	Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus