Biochemical Journal · 1980 · 13 citations · 12 references
MedicineEndocrinologyPhysiologyHormone BiochemistryNeuroendocrinologyReproductive EndocrinologyEndocrine InfluencesThyroid Axis RegulationThyroid DisordersThyroid EndocrinologyThyroid Hormone BiochemistryDecarboxylase EnzymesThyroid Hormone Physiology
We examined thyroidectomized, normal and hyperthyroid rats and found that ornithine decarboxylase activity was directly correlated with thyroid functional state in heart and liver and unaffected in brain, testes and spleen, phenomena that correlate with the known effect of thyroid hormone on protein synthesis.
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