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thyroid-stimulating hormone
Sign in to saveAlso known as thyroid stimulating hormone, Thyrotropin, TSH, Thyroid-stimulating hormone, TSH, thyrotropic hormone, thyrotropin
family of glycoprotein hormones in vertebrata
Key facts
- Symbol
- CGA
- Alt symbols
- HCG, GPHa, GPHA1
- Refseq
- NM_000735
- Uniprot
- P01215
- Locus
- Chr. 6 q14-q21
- Structures
- Swiss-model
- Domains
- InterPro
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
61,901 papersvia PubMed
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Encyclopedic overview
Thyroid-stimulating hormone (also known as thyrotropin, thyrotropic hormone, or abbreviated TSH) is a pituitary hormone that stimulates the thyroid gland to produce thyroxine (T4), and then triiodothyronine (T3) which stimulates the metabolism of almost every tissue in the body. It is a glycoprotein hormone produced by thyrotrope cells in the anterior pituitary gland, which regulates the endocrine function of the thyroid.
Physiology
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