Effect of prenatal protein deprivation on fetal and neonatal thyroid morphology in the rat.
Morphogenesis of the thyroid was compared in young of control and protein-deprived rats from day 17 of gestation through the first postpartum day. Examination of histological sections revealed a significant delay in follicle formation and a reduction in gland area, follicle number, colloid space and cell size in the thyroid tissue of fetal and neonatal pups of protein-deprived dams.
D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000473:pathology; D005865:Gestational Age; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011488:Protein Deficiency / Q000473:pathology*; D051381:Rats; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology*