Endocrine Abstracts

Thyroid hormone (TH) plays an important role for brain development. As the fetal thyroid gland only starts providing hormone at the end of pregnancy, the developing brain crucially depends on maternal thyroid hormone in early developmental periods. In previous studies, we have observed that in particular the central control of cardiovascular functions critically depends on maternal thyroid hormone for proper development; however, the precise window when the hormone is benefici...

Thyroid hormones play an essential role for the embryonal development of the cardiovascular system including its central control mechanisms. Particularly the latter critically depends on maternal thyroid hormone, as the embryo doesn’t produce own thyroid hormone until late in pregnancy. However, the precise window of action has remained undetermined, and it is therefore unclear whether alterations in maternal thyroid hormone directly affect the offspring’s cardiac fu...

Background and Aim: Thyroid hormone beta receptor (TRβ) agonists have shown promising results to improve non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in preclinical studies and clinical trials. However, a recent cross-sectional study on human liver biopsies found that TRβ expression decreases during non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), which may indicate developing thyroid hormone resistance and pose a challenge for TRβ agonists. We aim to study how the changes in TRβ ex...

Objectives: Thyroid hormones (TH) affect cardiovascular functions via direct actions on the heart and via indirect actions on central nervous system. Mutations in TH receptor α1 (TRα1) cause Resistance to Thyroid Hormone α (RTHα), a disorder characterized by hypothyroidism in TRα1-expressing tissues including the heart.Methods: The current experiments aimed at investigating the role of peripheral and central TR&...