CellWell record HH-92859
Selenium deficiency inhibits the conversion of thyroidal thyroxine (T4) to triiodothyronine (T3) in chicken thyroids
Lin SL; Wang CW; Tan SR; Liang Y; Yao HD; Zhang ZW; Xu SW
Biological trace element research ยท 2014
In plain language
In chickens fed a selenium-deficient diet, conversion of thyroxine to triiodothyronine was inhibited with accumulation of T4 and free T4, and thyroid mRNA for deiodinases 1 to 3 and other selenoproteins fell.
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