Graves' disease is due to an autoantibody that binds to and activates the TSH receptor.This interaction would primarily increase which second messenger in the thyroid epithelial cells?
A) Ca++
B) Activated signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)
C) Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)
D) Cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP)
E) Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)
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