Open AccessSteroid hormone receptors and their role in development
pituitary tumors
Author(s) -
В. Н. Бабичев
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
problemy èndokrinologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.124
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2308-1430
pISSN - 0375-9660
DOI - 10.14341/probl11528
Subject(s) - receptor , hormone , extracellular , steroid , steroid hormone , pituitary hormones , hormone receptor , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , endocrinology , chemistry , medicine , biochemistry , cancer , genetics , breast cancer
The process of reception of extracellular regulators occupies a special place in a complex system of biological recognition mechanisms. According to modern concepts, hormones exert their regulatory effect on competent cells due to the presence in the composition of the latter special receptor proteins that perform 2 functions: discriminated reception of the incoming signal and initiation of the corresponding cell responses