The alteration of serum soluble CD40 ligand levels in overt and subclinical hypothyroidism

Baris Akinci, Abdurrahman Comlekci, Serkan Yener, Tevfik Demir, Firat Bayraktar, Faize Yuksel, Sena Yesil

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OBJECTIVE: There is controversy as to whether hypothyroidism increases cardiovascular risk. The effect of levothyroxine on the cardiovascular risk profile is also unclear. Recent studies suggest that there is evidence of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction in hypothyroidism. Soluble CD40 ligand (sCD40L) is a protein expressed mainly by activated platelets …

Severe neurological abnormalities in a young boy with impaired thyroid hormone sensitivity due to a novel mutation in the MCT8 gene

Teresa Rego, Carmen Gomez Lado, Paloma Cabanas Rodríguez, Francisco Sousa Santos, Francisco Barros Angueira, Lidia Castro-Feijóo, Jesús Barreiro Conde, Manuel Castro-Gago

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Monocarboxylate transporter 8 (MCT8) is an active and specific thyroid hormone transporter into neurons. MCT8 mutations cause an X-linked condition known as Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome and are characterized by impaired psychomotor development and typical abnormal thyroid function. We describe a 10-year-old boy with severe cognitive disability, axial hypotonia …