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Endocrine system

Known as: Body System, Endocrine/Metabolic, Endocrine Systems, Hormonal System 
A system of glands and cells that make hormones that are released directly into the blood and travel to tissues and organs all over the body. The… 
National Institutes of Health

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Adrenal GlandsAdrenocortical carcinomaAtypical carcinoid tumorBilateral oophorectomy

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PancreasParathyroid glanddiffuse endocrine systempituitary gonadal axis

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Review
2009
Review
2009
New insights into granin-derived peptides: evolution and endocrine roles.
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Analysis of vitellogenin gene induction as a valuable biomarker of estrogenic exposure in various Mediterranean fish species.
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Angiogenesis and Tumor Proliferation/Metastasis of Human Colorectal Cancer Cell Line SW620 Transfected with Endocrine Glands-Derived-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, As a New Angiogenic Factor
Endocrine glands-derived-vascular endothelial growth factor (EG-VEGF) was recently cloned as a new angiogenic factor that… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Molecular and cellular bases of gonadotropin-releasing hormone action in the pituitary and central nervous system.
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Expression of the cell-cell adhesion glycoprotein cell-CAM 120/80 in normal human tissues and tumors.
Polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies raised to the 80 kd glycoprotein component of the cell to cell adhesion molecule cell-CAM… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Estrogen induces the development of autoantibodies and promotes salivary gland lymphoid infiltrates in normal mice.
Review
1986
Review
1986
THE BIOLOGY OF PUBERTY
The objective of this review was to develop a broader, more biological, overview of puberty, as opposed to the more limited… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Inappropriate use of albino animals as models in research
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Ultrastructural cytochemistry of atrial muscle cells. VI. Comparative study of specific granules in right and left atrium of various animal species
Specific (A‐, B‐ and D‐) granules as well as multivesicular bodies (MVB) with a dense core from the right and left atrium of a… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
“Over‐all” Hormonal Balance as a Key to Endocrine Organization
AH LHE QUESTION of how the many hormones in the body act together as a group to accomplish the homeostatic regulation of… 
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