From the ∗Thyroid Diseases Center and Laboratory of Molecular and Translational Endocrinology, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo

†Molecular Innovation and Biotechnology Laboratory, Postgraduate Program in Medicine, Universidade Nove de Julho

‡Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo

§Clinical and Epidemiological Research Center, Sao Paulo University, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Received for publication January 11, 2024; revision accepted January 31, 2024.

Conflicts of interest and sources of funding: none declared.

Financial support: This work was supported by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior–Brasil (finance code 001), National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, and São Paulo Research Foundation (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo).

Correspondence to: João Roberto M. Martins, MD, PhD, Laboratory of Molecular and Translational Endocrinology, Endocrinology Division, Department of Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Pedro de Toledo St, 669, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 04039-032. E-mail: [email protected].