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...roduction which is highly correlated with a change in gonad and associated hormone.

A progestan steroid hormone vital to pregnancy and a precursor for some androgen and estrogen steroids.

A protein hormone produced by the kidneys in response to hypoxia; it is essential for normal

...n 2000, another important hormone [[ghrelin]], was identified as a peptide hormone secreted from the [[stomach]]. ...ssical peptide hormones (like oxytocin), the distinction between a peptide hormone and a neuropeptide is often ill-defined.

{{r|Hormone}} {{r|Luteinising hormone}}

..., leaving a male or female animal unable to reproduce and with lowered sex hormone levels

...is generated in response to an intercellular primary messenger such as a [[hormone]] or [[neurotransmitter]].<noinclude>{{DefMeSH}}</noinclude>

...rior pituitary gland, containing the principal source of prolactin, growth hormone, LH, FSH and TSH.

A mammalian hormone that is secreted into the bloodstream from the posterior pituitary gland, a

...he accumulation of numerous cysts on the ovaries associated with high male hormone levels, chronic anovulation, and other metabolic disturbances, that affects

{{r|Growth hormone}} {{r|Hormone}}

A precursor of the hormone calcitonin, which is involved with calcium homeostasis, and is produced by

...ant sulphur compounds, especially for the first synthesis of a polypeptide hormone".

A type of cellular communication in which a hormone binds to receptors on and affects the function of the cell type that produc

In medicine, '''incretins''' are [[peptide]] [[hormone]]s which "stimulate [[insulin]] release from the pancreatic beta cells foll

A [[peptide hormone]] that is made in and secreted from the somatotroph cells of the anterior [

Peptide hormone synthesised by L-cells in the mucosal epithelium of the duodenum, and secre

...cipally for weight loss but also for possible metabolic benefits involving hormone secretion or suppression

...s with important roles in appetite regulation and in the control of growth hormone secretion and prolactin secretion.

...express the pro-opiomelanocorticoid (POMC gene), which encodes a precursor hormone (POMC) from which ACTH is derived by enzymatic cleavage. ACTH secretion is