Medically reviewed by Kelly Wood, MD The endocrine system is made of glands that produce hormones (chemical messengers), ...

Our bodies are regulated by hormones which are chemicals that allow communication between different cells and parts of the body. Endocrine glands release hormones into the bloodstream. Hormones ...

Several different glands in the body are part of the endocrine system, such as the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, pineal gland, thyroid gland, parathyroid glands, adrenal gland, pancreas ...

The endocrine system secretes numerous hormones ... which carries them to organs and tissues to exert their functions. The pituitary gland is often subdivided into the posterior and anterior ...

Endocrine cancers are a ... hormone-producing glands of the endocrine system. These include the thyroid, adrenal, pancreas, parathyroid and pituitary glands. The genomic landscape of hereditary ...

This is an important distinction from patients with FIPA, where no other endocrine glands form tumours. in MEN1 the overactive glands most often include the parathyroid glands, the pancreas and the ...

The condition is attributable to the ectopic expression of pituitary-specific positive transcription factor 1 (PIT1) in tumour tissues, which leads to autoimmunity against PIT1-positive anterior ...