Circulating Thyroid Hormone Profile in Response to a Triiodothyronine Challenge in Familial Longevity.

Ana ZutinicGerard J BlauwHanno PijlBart E BallieuxRudi G J WestendorpFerdinand RoelfsemaDiana van Heemst

Published in: Journal of the Endocrine Society (2020)

Members of long-lived families have neither higher T3 turnover nor diminished negative feedback of T3 on TSH secretion. The cause and biological role of elevated TSH levels in familial longevity remain to be elucidated.

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