Estrogen and progesterone promote the proliferation and activity of mouse mammary stem cells, according to new research published online today (April 11) at Nature-- possibly explaining the link ...

These molecules are released into the bloodstream and travel to specific target cells or organs, binding to specific ...

Researchers investigate the underlying mechanisms of endothelial insulin resistance involved in obesity-associated diabetes.

Hormones are released from endocrine glands and are transported in the blood to target cells Insulin: released from pancreas, stimulates liver cells to take up glucose from the blood and Glucagon ...

Scientists have discovered that the peptide hormone adrenomedullin plays a pivotal role in obesity-related type 2 diabetes, ...

Hormones produce an effect on specific target organs in the body ... Homeostasis is the regulation of internal conditions inside cells or organisms, to create the optimum conditions for biological ...

If insulin can’t get out of blood vessels, it can’t act in its target tissues. “Endothelial cells are full of insulin ...

In the paper, the scientists describe how they used the cell factories to elucidate a previously understudied hormone. All strigolactones have a common ancestor. What drives the conversion of that ...