| Literature DB >> 3392390 |
A Mayerhofer1, A G Amador, W G Beamer, A Bartke.
Abstract
Thyroids of congenitally goitrous (cog/cog) mice were studied with light and electron microscopy. The principal alteration in follicular cells was their largely overdistended rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER). Our findings resemble the ultrastructural features of human hypothyroid goiter caused by a thyroglobulin (TG) defect and thus support the previously suggested abnormalities of TG synthesis and/or processing in cog/cog mice.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 3392390 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a110492
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Hered ISSN: 0022-1503 Impact factor: 2.645