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Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Vol 45, 593-596, Copyright © 1977 by Endocrine Society

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Failure of triiodothyronine to inhibit TSH-mediated thyroid hormone release in man

MS Croxson, TD Hall and JT Nicoloff

We studied the effect of short-term triiodothyronine administration on thyroid gland responsivity to exogenous thyrotropin in four euthyroid human subjects. Thyroidal iodine release and serum thyroxine during daily im injections of bovine TSH were not significantly inhibited, despite a four-fold elevation in serum T3 concentrations. This negative finding contrasts with earlier positive reports of a regulatory "short- loop" effect of elevated circulating T3 on the thyroid gland. This difference may be due either to the use in previous murine or in vitro studies of non-physiologic, high doses of exogenous T3, or failure to control the withdrawal of the trophic effect of endogenous TSH in man on the subsequent glandular response.




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