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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-10-24
pubmed:abstractText
The rate of protein synthesis was measured in thyroid tissue obtained from three groups of patients undergoing thyroid surgery: group I (n = 18), hyperthyroid patients preoperatively treated with an antithyroid drug and T4; group II (n = 11), hyperthyroid patients preoperatively treated with a beta-adrenergic antagonist drug; and group III (n = 9), euthyroid patients operated on for multinodular goiter or adenoma. Quantitative morphology was studied in the resected thyroid tissue from the patients in groups I (n = 15) and II (n = 6) who had Graves' disease. While serum thyroid hormone levels became normal during preoperative treatment in group I, they remained elevated in the group II patients. The rate of protein synthesis was 2-fold higher in thyroid tissue from patients in group II than in those in groups I and III. A tendency toward an increased amount of epithelium and a reduced amount of colloid was found in thyroid tissue from patients in group II. There was a positive correlation between the rate of protein synthesis, and distribution of epithelium, and the epithelium to colloid ratio, respectively, in thyroid tissue. These results suggest that the thyroid gland of hyperthyroid patients remains hyperactive during treatment with beta-adrenergic antagonist drugs.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0021-972X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
67
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
663-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Protein synthesis and quantitative morphology in thyroid tissue from hyperthyroid patients after preoperative treatment with antithyroid or beta-adrenergic antagonist drugs.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Ostra Sjukhuset, University of Göteborg, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't