Thyroid Peroxidase (TPO) is a 110 kD membrane bound hemo-glycoprotein with a large extracellular domain, and a short transmembrane and intracellular domain. TPO is involved in thyroid hormone ...

The way in which thyroid hormone regulates physiology is highly conserved between humans and other mammals, the researchers said, so they suspect that a similar brain-body connection exists in humans.