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ea0040l20 | The bright and dark side of transthyretin, a thyroxine plasma transporter | ESEBEC2016

The bright and dark side of transthyretin, a thyroxine plasma transporter

Saraiva M J

Transthyretin (TTR) is a plasma and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)-circulating protein. Besides the primordially attributed systemic role as transporter molecule of thyroxine (T4) and retinol (through the binding to retinol-binding protein (RBP)), TTR has been recognised as a protein with important functions in several aspects of the nervous system physiology. TTR has been shown to play an important role in behaviour, cognition, amidated neuropeptide processing, and nerv...