Hormones

From Embryology

Introduction

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Historic Embryology - Endocrine  
1903 Islets of Langerhans | 1903 Pig Adrenal | 1904 interstitial Cells | 1908 Pancreas Different Species | 1908 Pituitary | 1908 Pituitary histology | 1911 Rathke's pouch | 1912 Suprarenal Bodies | 1914 Suprarenal Organs | 1915 Pharynx | 1916 Thyroid | 1918 Rabbit Hypophysis | 1920 Adrenal | 1935 Mammalian Hypophysis | 1926 Human Hypophysis | 1927 Adrenal | 1927 Hypophyseal fossa | 1930 Adrenal | 1932 Pineal Gland and Cysts | 1935 Hypophysis | 1935 Pineal | 1937 Pineal | 1935 Parathyroid | 1940 Adrenal | 1941 Thyroid | 1950 Thyroid Parathyroid Thymus | 1957 Adrenal

Major Human Hormone Classification

Hormone Protein/Peptide Steroid Amino acid or Fatty acid derived
Hypothalamic hormones Thyrotrophin releasing hormone (TRH)
Corticotrophin releasing hormone (CRH)
Arginine vasopressin (AVP)
Gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH)
Growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH)
Somatostatin
Prolactin relasing factor (PRF)
Dopamine
Anterior pituitary hormones (adenohypophysis) Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)
Adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH)
Luteinizing hormone (LH)
Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)
Somatotrophin/growth hormone (GH)
Prolactin (PRL)
Melanocyte-stimulating hormone (MSH)
Posterior pituitary hormones (neurohypophysis) Oxytocin
Arginine vasopressin
Thyroid hormones Thyroxine (T4)
Triiodothyronine (T3)
Pancreatic hormones Insulin
Glucagon
Somatostatin
Pancreatic polypeptide
Calcium regulating hormones Parathyroid hormone (PTH) 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D
Calcitonin (CT)
Parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrp)
Adrenal cortical steroids Cortisol
Aldosterone
Dehydroepiandrosterone
Adrenal medullary hormones Epinephrine
Norepinephrine
Male reproductive hormones Inhibin Testosterone
Dihydrotestosterone
Female reproductive hormones Inhibin Estradiol
Oxytocin Progesterone
Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)
Human chorionic somatotrophin
Plasma volume and sodium regulating hormones Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP)
Arginine vasopressin
Renin/angiotensin Aldosterone
Cardiovascular hormones Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) Nitric oxide
Endothelins
Erythropoietin
Bradykinin
Pineal hormones Melatonin
Serotonin
Growth factors or cytokines Insulin-like growth factors (IGFs)
Epidermal growth factor (EGF)
Interleukins (ILs)
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha
Eicosanoids Prostaglandins
Thromboxanes
Prostacyclin
Leucotrienes
Lipoxins

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Cite this page: Hill, M.A. (2024, March 29) Embryology Hormones. Retrieved from https://embryology.med.unsw.edu.au/embryology/index.php/Hormones

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