thyroid-stimulating hormone

Also known as thyroid stimulating hormone, Thyrotropin, TSH, Thyroid-stimulating hormone, TSH, thyrotropic hormone, thyrotropin

family of glycoprotein hormones in vertebrata

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Symbol: CGA
Alt symbols: HCG, GPHa, GPHA1
Refseq: NM_000735
Uniprot: P01215
Locus: Chr. 6 q14-q21
Structures: Swiss-model
Domains: InterPro

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Thyroid-stimulating hormone (also known as thyrotropin, thyrotropic hormone, or abbreviated TSH) is a pituitary hormone that stimulates the thyroid gland to produce thyroxine (T4), and then triiodothyronine (T3) which stimulates the metabolism of almost every tissue in the body. It is a glycoprotein hormone produced by thyrotrope cells in the anterior pituitary gland, which regulates the endocrine function of the thyroid.

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