A newly discovered line of communication between body muscle and the pituitary gland may play an unexpected role in female ...

Recent evidence indicates that key factors in two pathways ... receptor co-regulators modulate the transcriptional potential of estrogen receptor activated by estradiol, SERMs or growth factors.

In multicellular organisms, growth ... neurons and muscle cells. Other signaling molecules must move much farther to reach their targets. One example is follicle-stimulating hormone, which travels ...

The hormone adrenomedullin disrupts insulin signaling in blood vessel cells, contributing to systemic insulin resistance in obesity-associated type 2 diabetes, according to a new study. Blocking ...