Endocrine Abstracts

Thyroid hormone resistance (THR) is associated with elevated FT4 and FT3 with inappropriately high TSH levels. T3 action is mediated by two types of thyroid hormone receptor, encoded by alpha and beta genes. We evaluated the endothelial function of a THR transgenic mouse model with a targeted mutation in the thyroid hormone beta receptor gene ex vivo.Isometric tension of aortic rings of 10 mice of each genotype (TRbPV/PV, TRbPV/+</...