IT PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN CONTROLLING THE METABOLISM PROCESS BY RELEASING THE HORMONES ESSENTIAL FOR THE PROCESS TO TAKE PLACE. IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF VARIOUS PROTEINS. THIS TEST HELPS DETECT POSSIBLE THYROID PROBLEMS. THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODIES CAN LEAD TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THE THYROID GLAND. ANTIBODIES ARE MORE LIKELY TO APPEAR AFTER THYROID GLAND SWELLING (INFLAMMATION) OR INJURY.