Endocrine Abstracts

Dysregulation of types 2 and 3 deiodinases (D2 and D3) are present and profoundly alters the metabolism of thyroid hormones in the nonthyroidal iIllness syndrome (NTIS). The activation of this enzyme in peripheral blood cells can be one of the factors that alters the progression of this syndrome. However, the effect of oxidative stress on D3 expression in these cells from ill patients is unknown.ObjectiveEvaluate the presence and variations of D3 expression in the granulocytes...