The tranquility of the plasma T3 levels contrasts with a stormy intracellular environment of a large number of tissues, in which T3 levels and TH signaling rapidly increase or decreases whereas serum T3 concentration remains unchanged. This is possible due to the signaling TRIAD, namely the TH transporters, deiodinases, and TRs, which modulate entry and metabolism of TH molecules as well as transduction of TH signaling. ...
As a counterpoint, there are instances in which TR occupancy does not reflect the levels of plasma T3. For example,
in cells that express DIO2, intracellular T3 levels are higher than expected from circulating T3.