Thursday, December 24, 2009

Other kinds of hormones

1. Paracrine hormones
It arise from a cell and travel a relatively small distance to interact with their cognate receptors on another cell. For example, insulin-like growth factors secreted by a muscle cell may promote the growth of neighboring muscle cells and connective tissues.

2. Autocrine hormones
They are produced by the same cells that is also a target. (near by cells may be targets)

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