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Some of these experiments, such as the thyroid peroxidase (TPO) inhibition assay, are based on thyroid microsomal extracts. However, the regulation of thyroid disruption chemicals is based on THs in vivo serum levels. This necessitates the estimation of thyroid disruption chemicals in vivo tissue levels in the thyroid where THs synthesis inhibition by TPO takes place. The in vivo tissue levels of chemicals are controlled by pharmacokinetic determinants such as absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion, and can be described quantitatively in physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models. An integrative computational model including chemical-specific PBPK and TH kinetics models provides a mechanistic quantitative approach to translate thyroidal high-throughput in vitro assays to in vivo measures of circulating THs serum levels. This computational framework is developed to quantitatively establish the linkage between applied dose, chemical thyroid tissue levels, thyroid TPO inhibition potential, and in vivo TH serum levels. Once this link is established quantitatively, the overall model is used to calibrate the TH kinetics parameters using experimental data for THs levels in thyroid tissue and serum for the 2 drugs, propylthiouracil and methimazole. The calibrated quantitative framework is then evaluated against literature data for the environmental chemical ethylenethiourea. 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