Adipocytes are metabolically active cells; they produce signalling lipids and metabolites and secrete protein factors (adipokines) The relative levels of these lipids, proteins and metabolites change ...

When we worry about the health of our family and our friends, discussion often gravitates towards our hormones, the most talked about being insulin and the thyroid hormone. Hormones are signaling ...

A gland is a structure which secretes a specific substance in the body. Endocrine glands are ductless glands which secretes a chemical substance called hormone. Being ductless gland they release their ...

Hormones get a bad rap for a variety of conditions, from the rapid, awkward changes we experience at puberty to the mood swings associated with premenstrual syndrome. But without them, we’d never grow ...