title: [Functional significance of the thyroid gland].
abstract: On the basis of literature data and our own findings, the paper presents the current concepts of the production, secretion, transport, catabolism, mechanisms of action, and effects in the organism of thyroid hormones during eu-, hypo-, and hyperthyrosis. The nervous, humoral, and immune mechanisms of regulation of the secretory activity of the thyroid gland and changes in its functional activity in ontogenesis are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physiology, National Academy of Sciences, Minsk, Belarus.
authors.forename: I N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Semenenia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000503:physiopathology; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000503:physiopathology; D007107:Immune System / Q000502:physiology; D009424:Nervous System Physiological Phenomena; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000502:physiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D013963:Thyroid Hormones; D002116:Calcitonin