 | A hormone (from the Greek participle ὁρμῶν, "setting in motion") is a class of signaling molecules in multicellular organisms that are sent to distant... 40 KB (4,212 words) - 05:58, 27 March 2024 |
 | Growth hormone (GH) or somatotropin, also known as human growth hormone (hGH or HGH) in its human form, is a peptide hormone that stimulates growth, cell... 57 KB (6,621 words) - 17:49, 27 March 2024 |
 | Luteinizing hormone (LH, also known as luteinising hormone, lutropin and sometimes lutrophin) is a hormone produced by gonadotropic cells in the anterior... 32 KB (3,474 words) - 19:36, 17 April 2024 |
 | Parathyroid hormone (PTH), also called parathormone or parathyrin, is a peptide hormone secreted by the parathyroid glands that regulates the serum calcium... 34 KB (4,158 words) - 03:39, 8 April 2024 |
Thyroid-stimulating hormone (also known as thyrotropin, thyrotropic hormone, or abbreviated TSH) is a pituitary hormone that stimulates the thyroid gland... 25 KB (2,770 words) - 11:35, 10 February 2024 |
 | Peptide hormones are hormones whose molecules are peptides. Peptide hormones have shorter amino acid chain lengths than protein hormones. These hormones have... 5 KB (547 words) - 21:45, 20 January 2024 |
 | A steroid hormone is a steroid that acts as a hormone. Steroid hormones can be grouped into two classes: corticosteroids (typically made in the adrenal... 15 KB (1,674 words) - 02:59, 22 February 2024 |
Hormone therapy or hormonal therapy is the use of hormones in medical treatment. Treatment with hormone antagonists may also be referred to as hormonal... 6 KB (655 words) - 21:21, 8 April 2024 |
 | Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH; also adrenocorticotropin, corticotropin) is a polypeptide tropic hormone produced by and secreted by the anterior pituitary... 16 KB (1,707 words) - 01:32, 21 April 2024 |
Feminizing hormone therapy, also known as transfeminine hormone therapy, is hormone therapy and sex reassignment therapy to change the secondary sex characteristics... 229 KB (24,526 words) - 04:09, 29 April 2024 |
Transgender hormone therapy, also called hormone replacement therapy (HRT) or gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT), is a form of hormone therapy in... 46 KB (3,633 words) - 09:30, 20 April 2024 |
 | Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) is a releasing hormone responsible for the release of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) from the... 27 KB (3,150 words) - 08:47, 11 April 2024 |
| Sex hormones, also known as sex steroids, gonadocorticoids and gonadal steroids, are steroid hormones that interact with vertebrate steroid hormone receptors... 7 KB (587 words) - 01:59, 24 November 2023 |
 | Plant hormones (or phytohormones) are signal molecules, produced within plants, that occur in extremely low concentrations. Plant hormones control all... 56 KB (7,033 words) - 23:24, 21 February 2024 |
 | Dwarfism (redirect from Nanism due to growth hormone combined deficiency) be treated with surgery or physical therapy. Hormone disorders can also be treated with growth hormone therapy before the child's growth plates fuse... 43 KB (4,600 words) - 17:02, 22 April 2024 |
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT), also known as menopausal hormone therapy or postmenopausal hormone therapy, is a form of hormone therapy used to treat... 111 KB (12,428 words) - 06:16, 11 March 2024 |
The gastrointestinal hormones (or gut hormones) constitute a group of hormones secreted by enteroendocrine cells in the stomach, pancreas, and small intestine... 7 KB (349 words) - 14:57, 24 October 2023 |
A hormone receptor is a receptor molecule that binds to a specific hormone. Hormone receptors are a wide family of proteins made up of receptors for thyroid... 17 KB (1,999 words) - 10:03, 27 December 2023 |
Growth hormone–releasing hormone (GHRH), also known as somatocrinin or by several other names in its endogenous forms and as somatorelin (INN) in its... 12 KB (1,283 words) - 01:14, 10 March 2024 |
 | Hypothalamus (redirect from Hypothalamic hormones) neurohormones, called releasing hormones or hypothalamic hormones, and these in turn stimulate or inhibit the secretion of hormones from the pituitary gland... 48 KB (4,740 words) - 03:57, 31 March 2024 |
Growth hormone therapy refers to the use of growth hormone (GH) as a prescription medication—it is one form of hormone therapy. Growth hormone is a peptide... 38 KB (4,777 words) - 14:22, 22 February 2024 |
 | Endocrine system (redirect from Ovarian hormones) system is a messenger system in an organism comprising feedback loops of hormones that are released by internal glands directly into the circulatory system... 38 KB (4,579 words) - 21:49, 29 April 2024 |
melanocyte-stimulating hormones, known collectively as MSH, also known as melanotropins or intermedins, are a family of peptide hormones and neuropeptides... 10 KB (940 words) - 05:25, 31 October 2023 |
 | Thyroid (section Thyroid hormones) three hormones: the two thyroid hormones – triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) – and a peptide hormone, calcitonin. The thyroid hormones influence... 74 KB (8,001 words) - 07:25, 29 February 2024 |
 | Pituitary gland (redirect from Receptors, pituitary hormone) about the size of a chickpea, and weighs 0.5 grams (0.018 oz) on average. Hormones secreted from the pituitary gland help to control growth, blood pressure... 26 KB (2,850 words) - 16:08, 18 February 2024 |
 | Acromegaly (redirect from Growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma) growth of certain parts of the human body. It is caused by excess growth hormone (GH) after the growth plates have closed. The initial symptom is typically... 44 KB (4,480 words) - 18:11, 23 April 2024 |
 | Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) is a gonadotropin, a glycoprotein polypeptide hormone. FSH is synthesized and secreted by the gonadotropic cells of... 21 KB (2,270 words) - 18:03, 27 April 2024 |
Tropic hormones are hormones that have other endocrine glands as their target. Most tropic hormones are produced and secreted by the anterior pituitary... 3 KB (299 words) - 05:13, 12 February 2023 |
Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT), also known as bioidentical hormone therapy (BHT) or natural hormone therapy, is the use of hormones that are... 74 KB (7,750 words) - 14:48, 30 December 2023 |
| Growth hormone deficiency (GHD), or human growth hormone deficiency, is a medical condition resulting from not enough growth hormone (GH). Generally the... 28 KB (3,059 words) - 02:40, 21 January 2024 |