Figure 1.
Effects of nicotine exposure during breastfeeding on thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor (TSHr) (a, b), thyroid sodium-iodide symporter (NIS) (c, d), thyroperoxidase (TPO) (e, f), and monocarboxylate transporter 8 (MCT8) (g, h) protein expression in both male and female offspring at 180-day-old. Representative western blots images show all bands and cropped membrane in specific molecular weight (see Supplementary information) (i). Data are expressed as mean ± S.E.M, n = 7 animals from different litters/group; *p < 0.05, **p < 0.001.