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2024/2025.
TH
modified aa
TH release
Circulation
TH effects
increase enzymes of metabolic effects, synthesis & release of GH, Prolactin, & Nerve Growth Factor
TH other things
Metamorphosis, hair/wool/feather growth, hibernation
TH pathophys - Hyper
Grave's - puffy eyes - treatment: TH removal, iodine pill, lebothyroxin
TH pathophys - Hypo
Hashimoto's
Calcium pathophys
Low Vit D, stunted bone development
Calcium pathophys 2
Osteoporosis - bone density loss
Somatotropin
growth hormone
IGF I
growth hormone - PNS -
IGF II
growth hormone - CNS -
PRL
growth hormone
, Placental lactogen
growth hormone in fetus, anti insulin in mother
Neurotrophins
NGF, brain derived neurotrophic factor
NGF
Receptor - TrKa
Function - Increase nerve division & growth, inhibit apoptosis
PNS primarily
Brain derived neurotrophic factor
Receptor - Trkb
Function - Increase nerve division, memory, learning, higher thinking, fetal nerve growth, fetal synapse
formation/integrity (later in life)
CNS primarily
NT3, NT4, NT5
Receptor - Trka,b, p75
Erythropoietin
increase red blood cells
EGF, FGF
wound healing
Angiogenin
increase blood vessel development (can knock out small tumors)
Platelet derived growth factor
platelet blood clotting, vasoconstriction, can divide smooth muscle to diminish plaques
potent in atherosclerosis
Gastrin
GI hormone - AA - gastrin family
Stimulus - food, proteins
Target - parietal cells of stomach
Effect - increase HCl, mucus, GI motility
Pathophys - Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (pancreas & small intestine tumors)
CCK
GI hormone - AA - gastrin family
Stimulus - fats