ReviewNature clinical practice. Endocrinology & metabolism2009
The role of the placenta in thyroid hormone delivery to the fetus.
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65 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 169 citations in OpenAlex.
- Correlation between Prenatal Exposure to Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) and Infant Birth Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis and an Experimental Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Pooled it
- Newborn micronutrient status biomarkers in a cluster-randomized trial of antenatal multiple micronutrient compared with iron folic acid supplementation in rural Bangladesh.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2020Trial
- Thyroid hormone receptor blockade by amiodarone disrupts angiogenesis via VEGFα, WNT7A, BMP, and PI3K/AKT pathways in chick embryo vascular development.Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists · 2026Article
- Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone and Free Thyroxine Levels at Labor Admission: Associations with Obstetric and Neonatal Outcomes in Term Pregnancies.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Reduced Availability of Essential Amino Acids Disrupts Differentiation of Anorexigenic POMC Neurons in the Fetal Rat Hypothalamus.Molecular neurobiology · 2025Article
- Pregnancy and postpartum dynamics revealed by millions of lab tests.Science advances · 2025Article
- Impacts of Gestational F-53B Exposure on Fetal Neurodevelopment: Insights from Placental and Thyroid Hormone Disruption.Environment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2025Article
- Transient Neonatal Hypothyroidism Followed by Hyperthyroidism Due to Maternal Thyrotropin Receptor Antibodies.JCEM case reports · 2025Article
- Complementary and additive functions of TRα and TRβ during intestinal remodeling as revealed by ChIP-Seq analysis on wild type and TR knockout animals.General and comparative endocrinology · 2025Article
- Molecular pathways in placental-fetal development and disruption.Molecular and cellular endocrinology · 2024Review
- Gestational hypothyroxinemia induces ASD-like phenotypes in behavior, proinflammatory markers, and glutamatergic protein expression in mouse offspring of both sexes.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
- Genetic Correlation of miRNA Polymorphisms and STAT3 Signaling Pathway with Recurrent Implantation Failure in the Korean Population.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Role and Clinical Significance of Monocarboxylate Transporter 8 (MCT8) During Pregnancy.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2023Review
- Maternal exposure to perfluorobutane sulfonate (PFBS) during pregnancy: evidence of adverse maternal and fetoplacental effects in New Zealand White (NZW) rabbits.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2023Article
- Relationship between thyroid hormones and central nervous system metabolism in physiological and pathological conditions.Pharmacological reports : PR · 2022Review
- Evidence From Human Placenta, Endoplasmic Reticulum-Stressed Trophoblasts, and Transgenic Mice Links Transthyretin Proteinopathy to Preeclampsia.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2022Article
- Congenital Hypothyroidism in Preterm Newborns - The Challenges of Diagnostics and Treatment: A Review.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Review
- Identifying Non-Linear Association Between Maternal Free Thyroxine and Risk of Preterm Delivery by a Machine Learning Model.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Article
- Iodine: Its Role in Thyroid Hormone Biosynthesis and Beyond.Nutrients · 2021Review
- Regional effect on the molecular clock rate of protein evolution in Eutherian and Metatherian genomes.BMC ecology and evolution · 2021Article
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Abstract
The transplacental passage of thyroid hormones from the maternal circulation to the fetal circulation within the human hemochorial placenta is important for normal fetal development, particularly the development of the central nervous system. The role of maternal thyroid hormones is particularly important in the first half of pregnancy, before the onset of endogenous thyroid hormone production in the fetus. The human placenta regulates the quantity and composition of different forms of transported thyroid hormones to ensure that the requisite levels are present in the fetus for each stage of development. Transplacental thyroid hormone supply to the fetus is modulated by several factors, including the following proteins: plasma membrane transporters, which regulate the passage of thyroid hormones in and out of cells; iodothyronine deiodinases, which metabolize thyroid hormones; and proteins within trophoblast cells, which bind thyroid hormones. In pathological situations of either maternal or fetal thyroid hormone deficiency during pregnancy, the placenta seems to lack the full compensatory mechanisms necessary to optimize maternal-fetal transfer of thyroid hormones. Inadequate passage of thyroid hormones can lead to suboptimal fetal thyroid hormone levels, which might contribute to the neurodevelopmental delay associated with such conditions. Thus, maintaining normal maternal thyroid hormone status is likely to be the primary factor in ensuring adequate transplacental thyroid hormone passage and appropriate iodide supply to the fetus.
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