Endocrine system
What type of tissue produces hormones?
Adipose tissue hormones It is now widely accepted that white adipose tissue (WAT) secretes a number of peptide hormones, including leptin, several cytokines, adipsin and acylation-stimulating protein (ASP), angiotensinogen, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), adiponectin, resistin etc., and also produces steroids hormones. This newly discovered secretory function has shifted our view of WAT, which is no…
Can you live without your endocrine system?
can you live without your endocrine system?, can you live without a pituitary gland