Long-acting thyroid stimulator LATS

Furth ED, Rathbun M, Postillico J. A modified bioassay for the long-acting thyroid stimulator (LATS). Endocrinology 1969 85 592-3. 

D2a. Dobyns, B. M., Rudd, A., and Liebe, D., The assay of the exopthalmus-produoing substance (EPS) and the long-acting thyroid stimulator (LATS) in whole and fractionated serum of patients with progressive exopthalmos. In Current Topics in Thyroid Research (C. Cassano and M. Andreoli, eds.), pp. 484-499. Academic Press, New York, 1965. 

Long-acting thyroid stimulator (LATS). Former term for TSH-R stimulating autoantibodies. See also thyroid-stimulating... 

It is probable that the more recently discovered immunoglobulins, all in the IgG class, such as long-acting thyroid stimulator (LATS) and LATS protector, should be classified as thyroid autoantibodies and discussion on these follows in the next section. 

In addition to these three autoantibodies, there is a protein known as long-acting thyroid stimulator (LATS). This can also be considered as a thyroid autoantibody since it is an immunoglobulin which causes overstimulation of the thyroid... 

Burke, G., 1969, The cell membrane A common site of action of thyrotrophin (TSH) and long-acting thyroid stimulator (LATS), Metabolism 18 720. 

L3. Lepp, A., and Oliner, L., Failure of long-acting thyroid stimulator globulin (LATS) and serum to stimulate thyroid function in the chick. Endocrinology 80, 369-374... 

By determining the radioactivity in blood samples 9-24 h after the material to be assayed has been injected, it is also possible to assay the long-acting thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulin (LATS). 

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