Thyroid hormones regulate processes that are essential for the normal growth and development and the metabolism in humans.
It is well known that the thyroid hormone status correlates with body mass and energy consumption. The thyroid hormones (FT3 and FT4) have a direct effect on the key metabolic pathways that control the body’s energy balance by regulating energy storage and usage and affect the water homeostasis. These hormones are also involved in the metabolism through different actions affecting the brain, fat distribution, skeletal muscle, liver, and pancreas.
According to many investigations performed recently, thyroid hormones may be involved in the development and persistence of metabolic disorders and metabolic syndrome via several mechanisms. This involvement is not just unidirectional since the affected target tissues may also be involved in the regulation of the thyroid function. The actions of the thyroid hormones lead to specific effects that influence body adiposity, glucose, and lipid levels and adipokines.
With this article collection our aim is to collect Original Research, Reviews, Mini Reviews, and Perspective articles focusing on the recent advances regarding the connections between the metabolic changes and thyroid gland function, an exciting and evolving field of medicine.
Themes of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Changes of thyroid function affecting recently discovered metabolic biomolecules;
- Correlation between lipids and thyroid function;
- Research on possible diagnostic and prognostic markers of different metabolic disorders and their effect on the endocrine system and thyroid;
- Metabolic risk factors and predictors for thyroid diseases;
- Long-term effect of thyroid hormone changes on the development of metabolic disorders;
- Genes and/or gene mutations that may be associated with non-cancer thyroid and metabolic diseases
Thyroid hormones regulate processes that are essential for the normal growth and development and the metabolism in humans.
It is well known that the thyroid hormone status correlates with body mass and energy consumption. The thyroid hormones (FT3 and FT4) have a direct effect on the key metabolic pathways that control the body’s energy balance by regulating energy storage and usage and affect the water homeostasis. These hormones are also involved in the metabolism through different actions affecting the brain, fat distribution, skeletal muscle, liver, and pancreas.
According to many investigations performed recently, thyroid hormones may be involved in the development and persistence of metabolic disorders and metabolic syndrome via several mechanisms. This involvement is not just unidirectional since the affected target tissues may also be involved in the regulation of the thyroid function. The actions of the thyroid hormones lead to specific effects that influence body adiposity, glucose, and lipid levels and adipokines.
With this article collection our aim is to collect Original Research, Reviews, Mini Reviews, and Perspective articles focusing on the recent advances regarding the connections between the metabolic changes and thyroid gland function, an exciting and evolving field of medicine.
Themes of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Changes of thyroid function affecting recently discovered metabolic biomolecules;
- Correlation between lipids and thyroid function;
- Research on possible diagnostic and prognostic markers of different metabolic disorders and their effect on the endocrine system and thyroid;
- Metabolic risk factors and predictors for thyroid diseases;
- Long-term effect of thyroid hormone changes on the development of metabolic disorders;
- Genes and/or gene mutations that may be associated with non-cancer thyroid and metabolic diseases
