“…The need of protein factor(s) other than G proteins has recently been demonstrated for the functional expression of the formyl peptide receptor (Murphy and McDermott, 1991 (Weintraub TPO and TSHr et al, 1981;Faglia et al, 1987) and the much more frequent TSHr transcripts are Graves' disease where stimulation of the gland is due to the presence of thyroid stimulating autoantibodies (TSAB;McKenzie and Zakarija, 1989 (Burton et al, 1991; in control thyroids. Struthers et al, 1991 Although still a controversial matter, chronic hyperstimulation of the thyroid gland has been reported to correlate with a higher incidence of cancers (0.2-16.6%; Pacini et oglobulin promoter Edmonds and Tellez, 1988;Mazzaferri, 1990). Yene (Ledent et al, In our model, no obvious signs of malignancy could be 1991) to the thyroid found.…”