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A hormone called T3 makes certain mouse cancer cells produce more of a key protein and more of the hormone progesterone, as if it’s turning up the volume on both the recipe and the final product.
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Molecular Mechanisms of Thyroid Hormone-stimulated Steroidogenesis in Mouse Leydig Tumor Cells
Cohort Study
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1999 Feb 26The study gave mouse cancer cells a thyroid hormone called T3 and found that it made them produce 3.6 times more of a key gene (StAR) and 4 times more progesterone — exactly what the claim says.
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