,teprotumumab

Emanuil Parunakian1, Shoaib Ugradar1, Joseph Tolentino1

  • 1Private Practice, Beverly Hills, CA, USA.

概括

在患有甲状腺眼病 (TED) 的患者中,teprotumumab显著改善了光敏感性. 这种新的IGF-1R抗体治疗可以缓解急性和慢性TED症状,表明除了机械变化之外的机制.

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Synthesis and Regulation of Thyroid Hormones01:20

Synthesis and Regulation of Thyroid Hormones

Low blood levels of the thyroid hormones — triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) — signal the hypothalamus to release the thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH). TRH then reaches the pituitary gland and stimulates the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone(TSH) into the bloodstream.
Upon reaching the thyroid gland, TSH stimulates the follicular cells' active uptake of iodide ions from the blood. The ions diffuse to the apical surface of the cells and are oxidized to iodine. The...
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