URI oceanographers test method to control metamorphosis in summer flounder
...ne. When added to the aquarium water, thiourea and thyroxine are absorbed by the flounder. Thiourea was added w...bout two weeks later, the thiourea was removed and thyroxine added. Giving the fish thyroxine in this way is comparable to a person taking a medication, such as ...Study of thyroxine transporter molecule shows how key hormone hitches a lift round body
...n in blood plasma, to which the chemical messenger thyroxine attaches. Thyroxine is the primary hormone release...e National Academy of Science, help to explain how thyroxine regulates metabolic processes and normal physical development, and may aid the development of drugs ...JCI table of contents, July 15, 2003
...uction Originating in the thyroid, the prohormone thyroxine is converted to triiodothyronine, which is essential in brain development, growth, and metabolism. A study from researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, reveals a novel mechanism for controlling triiodothyronine production that demonstr...... found a dose-dependent relationship between serum thyroxine and MS-1 antibody levels. In a chronic study, nude mice were injected with MS-1secreting hybridoma cells, and although serum MS-1 levels were higher than in the acute study, serum thyroid hormone levels were similar to those in pretreatment controls....