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ReviewEndocrinology2012

Minireview: The neural regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis.

Ricardo H Costa-e-Sousa, Anthony N Hollenberg

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Review in Endocrinology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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46citing papers in PubMed
10.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 124 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Crosstalk Between HHandbook of experimental pharmacology · 2026
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  5. Critical Role of Iodine and Thyroid Hormones During Pregnancy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  12. Regulation of Thyroid Hormone Levels by Hypothalamic Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons.Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ricardo H Costa-e-SousaBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Division Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 330 Brookline Avenue, CLS-0738, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
Anthony N Hollenberg
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USCoordenação de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior · BR

Funding

COREPRESSOR REGULATION OF THYROID HORMONE ACTIONR01DK056123 · NIDDK · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI HOLLENBERG, ANTHONY N · 2000 to 2023
$7.6M
Negative regulation by thyroid hormoneR01DK078090 · NIDDK · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI HOLLENBERG, ANTHONY N · 2007 to 2010
$1.4M
Corepressor Regulation of Nuclear Receptor ActionR56DK056123 · NIDDK · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI HOLLENBERG, ANTHONY N · 2009 to 2009
$425k
NIDDK NIH HHS DK056123NIDDK NIH HHS DK078090NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK056123NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK078090NIDDK NIH HHS R56 DK056123
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thyroid hormone (TH) signaling plays an important role in development and adult life. Many organisms may have evolved under selective pressure of exogenous TH, suggesting that thyroid hormone signaling is phylogenetically older than the systems that regulate their synthesis. Therefore, the negative feedback system by TH itself was probably the first mechanism of regulation of circulating TH levels. In humans and other vertebrates, it is well known that TH negatively regulates its own production through central actions that modulate the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis. Indeed, primary hypothyroidism leads to the up-regulation of the genes encoding many key players in the HPT axis, such as TRH, type 2 deiodinase (dio2), pyroglutamyl peptidase II (PPII), TRH receptor 1 (TRHR1), and the TSH α- and β-subunits. However, in many physiological circumstances, the activity of the HPT axis is not always a function of circulating TH concentrations. Indeed, circadian changes in the HPT axis activity are not a consequence of oscillation in circulating TH levels. Similarly, during reduced food availability, several components of the HPT axis are down-regulated even in the presence of lower circulating TH levels, suggesting the presence of a regulatory pathway hierarchically higher than the feedback system. This minireview discusses the neural regulation of the HPT axis, focusing on both TH-dependent and -independent pathways and their potential integration.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansHypothalamo-Hypophyseal SystemPituitary GlandSignal TransductionThyroid GlandThyroid HormonesThyroid Hormones

Identifiers

PMID22759379
PMCPMC3423621
OpenAlexW2080817589

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