Research
820,555 papers- Complex peptide hormone signaling in plant stem cells.Current opinion in plant biology · 2023
- Peptide Hormone Regulation of DNA Damage Responses.Endocrine reviews · 2020
- A peptide hormone and its receptor protein kinase regulate plant cell expansion.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2014
- Peptide Hormone-Mediated Regulation of Plant Development and Environmental Adaptability.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
- Nuclear hormone and peptide hormone therapeutics for NAFLD and NASH.Molecular metabolism · 2021
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Encyclopedic overview
Illustration showing the binding of a peptide hormone to a cell receptor
Peptide hormones are hormones composed of peptide molecules. These hormones influence the endocrine system of animals, including humans. Most hormones are classified as either amino-acid-based hormones (amines, peptides, or proteins) or steroid hormones. Amino-acid-based hormones are water-soluble and act on target cells via second messenger systems, whereas steroid hormones, being lipid-soluble, diffuse through plasma membranes to interact directly with intracellular receptors in the cell nucleus.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “peptide hormone” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.