Little is known about the mechanisms that regulate the release of steroid hormones from endocrine tissues. The commonly accepted understanding, noted in textbooks, is that simple diffusion is at work. But new research challenges this textbook view. The researchers report that in fruit flies, the focus of their study, the release of the steroid hormone 'ecdysone' is tightly regulated by signaling pathways in the cell.
Little is known about the mechanisms that regulate the release of steroid hormones from endocrine tissues. The commonly accepted understanding, noted in textbooks, is that simple diffusion is at work. But new research challenges this textbook view. The researchers report that in fruit flies, the focus of their study, the release of the steroid hormone 'ecdysone' is tightly regulated by signaling pathways in the cell.
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