Cloning and functional expression of a thyrotropin receptor cDNA from rat fat cells.
AuthorsEndo T; Ohta K; Haraguchi K; Onaya T;
JournalJ Biol Chem
PubMed ID7738021
Thyrotropin receptor (TSH-R) has been thought to be thyroid-specific, but, by Northern blot analysis, we found that rat adipose tissue expressed TSH-R mRNAs in amounts approaching those in the thyroid. To investigate the function of TSH-R from adipose tissue, we screened a rat fat cell lambda gt11 cDNA library for ... More