Thyroid-stimulating hormone

Thyroid-stimulating hormone, alpha
Identifiers
SymbolCGA
Alt. symbolsHCG, GPHa, GPHA1
NCBI gene1081
HGNC1885
OMIM118850
RefSeqNM_000735
UniProtP01215
Other data
LocusChr. 6 q14-q21
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Thyroid-stimulating hormone, beta
Identifiers
SymbolTSHB
NCBI gene7252
HGNC12372
OMIM188540
RefSeqNM_000549
UniProtP01222
Other data
LocusChr. 1 p13
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Thyroid-stimulating hormone (also known as thyrotropin, thyrotropic hormone, or abbreviated TSH) is a pituitary hormone that stimulates the thyroid gland to produce thyroxine (T4), and then triiodothyronine (T3) which stimulates the metabolism of almost every tissue in the body.[1] It is a glycoprotein hormone produced by thyrotrope cells in the anterior pituitary gland, which regulates the endocrine function of the thyroid.[2][3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Merck was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company. 2006. ISBN 0-395-82517-2.
  3. ^ Sacher R, McPherson RA (2000). Widmann's Clinical Interpretation of Laboratory Tests, 11th ed. F.A. Davis Company. ISBN 0-8036-0270-7.