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Dumont J, De Deken X, Miot F, Corvilain V, Contempre B, Goyens R, et al.
Bull Mem Acad R Med Belg . 2011 Apr; 165(5-6):231-4. PMID: 21510483
The history of the study by our group of the generation, the role and the effects of H2O2 in the thyroid, is summarized. The relations with thyroid diseases are discussed:...
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Kohrle J, Jakob F, Contempre B, Dumont J
Endocr Rev . 2005 Sep; 26(7):944-84. PMID: 16174820
Recent identification of new selenocysteine-containing proteins has revealed relationships between the two trace elements selenium (Se) and iodine and the hormone network. Several selenoproteins participate in the protection of thyrocytes...
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Pirson I, Contempre B, Goffart J, Van Sande J, Dumont J
C R Seances Soc Biol Fil . 1999 Jan; 192(5):847-56. PMID: 9871798
No abstract available.
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Ngo D, Dikassa L, Okitolonda W, Kashala T, Gervy C, Dumont J, et al.
Trop Med Int Health . 1997 Jun; 2(6):572-81. PMID: 9236825
Endemic myxoedematous cretinism has been associated with combined selenium and iodine deficiency in several areas of Zaire. To determine selenium and iodine status across the country, serum selenium and thyroid...
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Contempre B, Le Moine O, Dumont J, Denef J, Many M
Mol Cell Endocrinol . 1996 Nov; 124(1-2):7-15. PMID: 9027319
Free radical damage and fibrosis caused by selenium deficiency are thought to be involved in the pathogenesis of myxoedematous cretinism. So far, no pathway explains the link between selenium deficiency...
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Contempre B, Duale G, Gervy C, Alexandre J, Vanovervelt N, Dumont J
Eur J Endocrinol . 1996 Mar; 134(3):342-51. PMID: 8616533
In Central Africa, all of northern Zaire is very severely deficient in iodine. A peculiar feature of this endemia is that iodine deficiency and the ensuing thyroid gland stimulation not...
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Contempre B, Dumont J, Denef J, Many M
Eur J Endocrinol . 1995 Jul; 133(1):99-109. PMID: 7627345
It has been suggested that selenium deficiency is a co-factor to iodine deficiency in the pathogenesis of myxoedematous cretinism. The mechanism proposed is that the generation of hydrogen peroxide is...
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Dumont J, Corvilain B, Contempre B
Mol Cell Endocrinol . 1994 Apr; 100(1-2):163-6. PMID: 7520008
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Contempre B, Jauniaux E, Calvo R, Jurkovic D, Campbell S, de Escobar G
J Clin Endocrinol Metab . 1993 Dec; 77(6):1719-22. PMID: 8263162
Transfer of maternal thyroxine (T4) to the human fetus near term has recently been demonstrated. We investigated whether maternal thyroid hormone is available to the conceptus during the first trimester...
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Contempre B, Denef J, Dumont J, Many M
Endocrinology . 1993 Apr; 132(4):1866-8. PMID: 8462484
The effect of selenium deficiency associated with various iodide intake was investigated in rats in order to better understand its possible role in the etiopathogeny of myxedematous cretinism. Groups of...