JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH, vol.164, no.2, pp.266-275, 2010 (SCI-Expanded)
Background The exact pathogenesis of hepatic dysfunction in hyperthyroidism is still unknown We aimed to investigate the pathogenesis of liver dysfunction caused by hyperthyroidism through inducing heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) expression, which has antioxidant and anti-apoptotic properties