Thyroid follicular cells (also called thyroid epithelial cells or thyrocytes ) are the major cell type in the thyroid gland, and are responsible for the production and secretion of the thyroid hormones thyroxine (T4) and 詳細

Follicular cells take up iodide and amino acids from the blood circulation on the basolateral side, synthesize thyroglobulin and thyroperoxidase from amino acids and secrete these into the thyroid follicles together with iodide. The follicular cells subsequently take up … 詳細

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Thyroid follicular cells form a simple cuboidal epithelium and are arranged in spherical thyroid follicles … 詳細

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