Tirosit
Tampilan
Tirosit (bahasa Inggris: thyrocyte, thyroid epithelial cell, follicular cell, principal cell) adalah sel epitelial pada kelenjar tiroid yang mensintesis dan menssekresi hormon T4 dan T3.
Tirosit dapat terdiferensiasi menjadi onkosit dalam pengaruh interferon-γ dan menginduksi simtoma hipotiroidisme akibat radang yang disebut Hashimoto tiroiditis.[1]
Rujukan
[sunting | sunting sumber]- ^ (Inggris) "Immunoproteasome Overexpression Underlies the Pathogenesis of Thyroid Oncocytes and Primary Hypothyroidism: Studies in Humans and Mice". Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Bioregulation, Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Hiroaki J. Kimura, Cindy Y. Chen, Shey-Cherng Tzou, Roberto Rocchi, Melissa A. Landek-Salgado, Koichi Suzuki, Miho Kimura, Noel R. Rose, dan Patrizio Caturegli. Diakses tanggal 2010-11-19.