Article
Molecular mechanisms of end-organ resistance.
Growth hormone & IGF research : official journal of the Growth Hormone Research Society and the International IGF Research Society - 1 Jun 2004
Jameson J Larry
Abstract excerpt
Hormone resistance is caused by mutations in hormone receptors or by functional desensitization of hormone signaling pathways. Mutations that cause hormone resistance have been described for most classes of hormones, including peptides like growth-hormone releasing hormone (GHRH); large proteins such as insulin and the glycoprotein hormones; steroid hormones; and even ions such as calcium. In the case of...
Topics
- Animals
- Hormones
- Humans
- Insulin Resistance
- Mutation
- Receptors, Cell Surface
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear
- Signal Transduction
- Syndrome
