Signalling molecule secreted into circulation by endocrine gland, acting on distant target tissues. Classes: peptide/protein (insulin), steroid (cortisol), amine (epinephrine, T3), eicosanoid.
Hormone
Related concepts
- Signal transduction
- Peptide hormone
- Steroid hormone
- Hypothalamus-pituitary axis
- Thyroid hormone (T4/T3)
- Menstrual cycle
- Lactation
- Bone remodeling
- Auxin (IAA)
- Pharmacokinetics (ADME)
- Paracrine/autocrine/endocrine signalling
- Hormone concept (Starling 1905)
- Insulin (Banting-Best 1922)
- GLP-1 (Bell 1983)
- HPA axis (Selye 1936)
- Steroid receptor (Jensen 1958)
- Pendrin (Everett 1997)