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What is the definition or description of: thyroglobulin?
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Thyroid protein : Made by thyroid cells, that circulates in blood stream. Used clinically to follow someone who had thyroid removed/destroyed to treat thyroid cancer . If low/undetectable suggests no thyroid cells left in body- great! if persists or rises after thyroid gland removed, it ssuggests there is thyoid cells, normal or cancerous, remaining in body.
Answered 11/9/2014
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Thyroglobulin: Thyroglobulin is the protein produced in the thyroid gland that is joined with iodine to make T4 and t3 (liothyronine).
Answered 1/15/2015
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Binding Protein: A protein found in the thyroid gland and circulating in the bloodstream that binds to thyroid hormone to allow the hormone to travel throughout the body to its target sites without getting damaged or acting at the wrong site.
Answered 11/8/2015
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Not a bindin protein: Thyroglobulin is the protein inside the thyroid to wich tyrosine residues iodine binds to make thyroid hormones. The main binding protein that carries thyroid hormones in the blood is called thyroid binding globulin (tbg).
Answered 2/27/2013
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Definition: Thyroglobulin is the protein inside the thyroid to which iodine is bound to make thyroid hormones.
Answered 2/3/2013
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Thyroglobulin: Thyroglobulin is the protein inside the thyroid to which iodine binds to make thyroid hormones.
Answered 12/10/2013
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