Medical Definition of Transthyretin

1. Is a pre albumin plasma protein (4.5 mM in plasma) that transports thyroxine. Tetrameric with 4 identical 127 residue subunits. Transthyretin forms a complex under physiological conditions with retinol binding protein (2mM in plasma) so that retinol binding protein is not lost by filtration in the kidney. (19 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Transthyretin

transsulfurase
transsulfuration
transsynaptic
transsynaptic chromatolysis
transsynaptic degeneration
transtentorial
transtentorial herniation
transthalamic
transthermia
transthoracic
transthoracic
transthoracic oesophagectomy
transthoracic pacemaker
transthoracic pressure
transthoracotomy
transthyretin (current term)
transubstantial
transubstantiate
transubstantiate
transubstantiation
transubstantiation
transudate
transudate
transudates
transudation
transudation
transudations
transude
transude
transuded

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