Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) and Graves' disease (GD) are examples of autoimmune thyroid
disease (AITD), the commonest autoimmune condition. Antibodies to thyroid peroxidase …

Background: Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) is considered to be the most common autoimmune
disease. It is currently accepted that genetic susceptibility, environmental factors, and …

Iodine and selenium (Se) are both essential elements to thyroid hormone economy, while
they represent key players in the development of autoimmune thyroiditis. Chronic high …

The thyroid is the organ with the highest selenium content per gram of tissue because it
expresses specific selenoproteins. Since the discovery of myxoedematous cretinism and …

The global effort to prevent iodine deficiency disorders through iodine supplementation,
such as universal salt iodization, has achieved impressive progress during the last few …

In the 1990s, selenium was identified as a component of an enzyme that activates thyroid
hormone; since this discovery, the relevance of selenium to thyroid health has been widely …

Purpose Selenium is an essential trace mineral and a component of selenoproteins that are
involved in the production of thyroid hormones and in regulating the immune response. We …

Selenium and the thyroid : Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity Selenium
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Several minerals and trace elements are essential for normal thyroid hormone metabolism,
eg, iodine, iron, selenium, and zinc. Coexisting deficiencies of these elements can impair …

Several mechanisms are involved in the maintenance of normal thyroid hormone secretion,
even when iodine intake exceeds physiologic needs by a factor of 100. The sodium–iodide …