PHAR 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Methyl Group, Blood Sugar, Macrophage

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Phar 300 lecture 10 corticosteroids: anti-inflammatory agents. Endocrine compounds can be produced in a cell far away from the cell that is targeted. They may have multiple effects because they may have multiple receptors in various organs throughout the body. Hormone targets cells with specific receptors: communicate via the circulation. Only the ones that have the receptors for that specific messenger will be responsive. Major players in the endocrine system: hypothalamus and pituitary: major signalling centres, thyroid and parathyroid, pancreas, adrenal glands, ovaries in females and testes in males. These cells will then produce acth (adrenocorticotrophic hormone). The pituitary-adrenal axis: the hypothalamus will release corticotrophin releasing factor (crh). This will act on cells in the anterior pituitary to produce acth: acth will act on the adrenal cortex the adrenal cortex will be triggered to synthesize cortisol. Crf (corticotrophin releasing factor: 41 amino acid peptide.

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