When Is a Hormone Really a Hormone?

Is Nitric Oxide a Hormone?

Nitric oxide (NO) is a simple ubiquitous signaling molecule and plays important roles in almost every biological system. Recent evidences suggest that NO may act as an endocrine molecule. The aim of this review is considering available literature on endocrine roles of NO and/or its metabolites, i.e. nitrite and nitrate. Existing data suggest the idea that NO is a hormone that after production i...

Is atrial natriuretic peptide really a hormone?

is nitric oxide a hormone?

nitric oxide (no) is a simple ubiquitous signaling molecule and plays important roles in almost every biological system. recent evidences suggest that no may act as an endocrine molecule. the aim of this review is considering available literature on endocrine roles of no and/or its metabolites, i.e. nitrite and nitrate. existing data suggest the idea that no is a hormone that after production i...

Editorial Is atrial natriuretic peptide really a hormone ?

Since the 1950s when granules were first observed histologically within the atrial wall there has been intense interest in their function. Two early key papers were those of Marie et al' and de Bold,2 who showed that the granulation was related to the water/electrolyte balance, although a first time reader's starting point should be the meticulous histological investigation of Jamieson and Pala...

Follicle Stimulating Hormone and Anti-Mullerian Hormone Among Fertile and Infertile Women in Ile-ife, Nigeria: is There a Difference?

Background Reduced ovarian reserve has been known to predict poor ovarian response and poor success rates in infertile women undergoing assisted reproductive technology. Ovarian reserve also decreases with age but the rate of decline defers from a woman to another. The aim of this study was to detect any difference in ovarian reserve as measured by basal serum FSH and AMH between matched cohort...