Hormone families: pancreatic hormones and homologous growth factors

Nature. 1980 Oct 30;287(5785):781-7. doi: 10.1038/287781a0.

Abstract

The growing realization that biologically active polypeptides can be grouped in families, the members of which show structural and functional relatedness, is illustrated by the four families which are represented in the pancreas by the hormones insulin, glucagon, somatostatin and pancreatic polypeptide.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Biological Evolution
  • Glucagon
  • Growth Substances*
  • Insulin
  • Neurotransmitter Agents
  • Pancreatic Hormones*
  • Pancreatic Polypeptide
  • Protein Conformation
  • Relaxin
  • Somatomedins
  • Somatostatin

Substances

  • Growth Substances
  • Insulin
  • Neurotransmitter Agents
  • Pancreatic Hormones
  • Somatomedins
  • Somatostatin
  • Pancreatic Polypeptide
  • Relaxin
  • Glucagon