<unk>  assay is used in identifying patients with nodular thyroid diseases. It is helpful in making an early diagnosis of medullary carcinoma of thyroid. A malignancy of the parafollicular cells, i.e. Medullary thyroid cancer, typically produces an elevated serum<unk>  level. Prognosis of MTC depends on early detection and treatment.<unk>  also has significantly impacted molecular biology, as the gene encoding<unk>  was the first gene discovered in mammalian cells to be alternatively spliced, now known to be a ubiquitous mechanism in eukaryotes.
Calcitonin
Parathyroid hormone-related protein
Parathyroid hormone
Orexin
Thyroglobulin
Leptin
Calcitriol
Adiponectin