Component
Serum total triiodothyronine concentration
Serum total triiodothyronine concentration Serum total triiodothyronine concentration. Study-specific scope and measurement methods are recorded with each claim.
2 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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Other things that act on it
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What it does
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What acts on it
Adult Dio2-null mice had serum total T3 comparable to wild type despite complete loss of measured D2 activity and elevated serum T4 and TSH.
Experimental context and source evidence
- availability_state
- machinery_impairment Imported condition classification; unverified.
- evidence_locator
- Results: serum hormone levels, Figure 7; Methods page 2146: Assays for Serum T4, T3 and TSH.
- evidence_spans
- [{"source_document": "artifacts/iodine-metabolism-sources/11731615.txt", "locator": "Primary article Results, Figures 7 and 9; Methods: Assays for Serum T4, T3 and TSH, page 2146", "start_char": 17896, "end_char": 18546}, {"source_document": "artifacts/iodine-metabolism-sources/11731615.txt", "locator": "Methods page 2146, total-T3 assay identity and mouse-serum correction", "start_char": 29655, "end_char": 31355}]
- experimental_model
- Dio2-null mice and wild-type littermates, including hormone challenge after hypothyroidism
- exposure
- Adult mice aged 10–12 weeks; total-T3 Coat-A-Count radioimmunoassay with correction for a nonspecific mouse-serum effect.
- limitations
- Specific mouse compensation; not a diagnostic rule for hidden tissue hypothyroidism in humans.
- nutrient_topic
- Iodine research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Iodine
- organism
- Mus musculus
- plain_language
- A normal circulating T3 result did not mean that the deleted enzyme was functioning.
- primary_references
- [i-met-11731615] Targeted disruption of the type 2 selenodeiodinase gene (DIO2) results in a phenotype of pituitary resistance to T4. (2001). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11731615/ DOI: 10.1210/mend.15.12.0740
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Serum and surveyed tissues
- trigger_kind
- machinery_impairment Imported condition classification; unverified.
Iodine: thyroid hormone production, deficiency, excess and nutrient interactions (2026-09-17) · lines 1040–1052
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Dio2-null mice and wild-type littermates, including hormone challenge after hypothyroidism · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### i-met-dio2-ko-serum-t3 Adult Dio2-null mice had serum total T3 comparable to wild type despite complete loss of measured D2 activity and elevated serum T4 and TSH. Condition category: machinery_impairment nutrient_topic: Iodine research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: A normal circulating T3 result did not mean that the deleted enzyme was functioning. organism: Mus musculus tissue_or_cell_type: Serum and surveyed tissues experimental_model: Dio2-null mice and wild-type littermates, including hormone challenge after hypothyroidism limitations: Specific mouse compensation; not a diagnostic rule for hidden tissue hypothyroidism in humans. exposure: Adult mice aged 10–12 weeks; total-T3 Coat-A-Count radioimmunoassay with correction for a nonspecific mouse-serum effect. evidence_locator: Results: serum hormone levels, Figure 7; Methods page 2146: Assays for Serum T4, T3 and TSH. evidence_spans: [{"source_document": "artifacts/iodine-metabolism-sources/11731615.txt", "locator": "Primary article Results, Figures 7 and 9; Methods: Assays for Serum T4, T3 and TSH, page 2146", "start_char": 17896, "end_char": 18546}, {"source_document": "artifacts/iodine-metabolism-sources/11731615.txt", "locator": "Methods page 2146, total-T3 assay identity and mouse-serum correction", "start_char": 29655, "end_char": 31355}] [i-met-11731615] Targeted disruption of the type 2 selenodeiodinase gene (DIO2) results in a phenotype of pituitary resistance to T4. (2001). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11731615/ DOI: 10.1210/mend.15.12.0740
Complete structured claim and evidence
Where it participates (unsigned role)
Mean reverse T3 fell from 124 ± 115 to 90 ± 72 pmol/L after selenium treatment (P<0.05), while serum T3 and TSH did not change significantly.
Experimental context and source evidence
- availability_state
- nutrient_deficiency Imported condition classification; unverified.
- cross_nutrient
- true
- evidence_location
- Primary indexed abstract.
- experimental_model
- Placebo-controlled selenium intervention in 52 schoolchildren from a region of severe iodine and selenium deficiency in northern Zaire
- exposure
- Selenium 50 micrograms/day as selenomethionine or placebo for two months; no concurrent iodine-repletion regimen reported in the abstract.
- limitations
- The abstract reports before/after changes in the selenium group; do not mistake these for adjusted between-group estimates. DIO1 restoration was a proposed explanation, not directly measured. Hormone changes do not themselves establish symptomatic deterioration or a universal order for supplement treatment.
- nutrient_topic
- Iodine research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Iodine
- organism
- Homo sapiens
- plain_language
- The hormone pattern changed unevenly; T3 and TSH did not simply rise with selenium.
- primary_references
- [iod-clin-contempre1992] Effect of selenium supplementation on thyroid hormone metabolism in an iodine and selenium deficient population. (1992). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1424183/ DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1992.tb02268.x
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Serum thyroid-hormone concentrations
- trigger_kind
- nutrient_deficiency Imported condition classification; unverified.
Iodine: thyroid hormone production, deficiency, excess and nutrient interactions (2026-09-17) · lines 1286–1298
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Placebo-controlled selenium intervention in 52 schoolchildren from a region of severe iodine and selenium deficiency in northern Zaire · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### iod-clin-selenium-rt3 Mean reverse T3 fell from 124 ± 115 to 90 ± 72 pmol/L after selenium treatment (P<0.05), while serum T3 and TSH did not change significantly. Condition category: nutrient_deficiency nutrient_topic: Iodine research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: The hormone pattern changed unevenly; T3 and TSH did not simply rise with selenium. organism: Homo sapiens tissue_or_cell_type: Serum thyroid-hormone concentrations experimental_model: Placebo-controlled selenium intervention in 52 schoolchildren from a region of severe iodine and selenium deficiency in northern Zaire limitations: The abstract reports before/after changes in the selenium group; do not mistake these for adjusted between-group estimates. DIO1 restoration was a proposed explanation, not directly measured. Hormone changes do not themselves establish symptomatic deterioration or a universal order for supplement treatment. exposure: Selenium 50 micrograms/day as selenomethionine or placebo for two months; no concurrent iodine-repletion regimen reported in the abstract. cross_nutrient: true evidence_location: Primary indexed abstract. [iod-clin-contempre1992] Effect of selenium supplementation on thyroid hormone metabolism in an iodine and selenium deficient population. (1992). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1424183/ DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1992.tb02268.x
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Situations it appears in
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