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Mechanisms of Hormone Action
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Lipid-soluble hormone receptor activation
Nuclear hormone receptors are activated by a lipid-soluble hormone such as estrogen, binding to them inside the cell. Lipid-soluble hormones can cross the plasma membrane.
This is a diagram that shows how lipid-soluble hormones, such as estrogen, activate the hormone receptors and bind themselves to a cell. The diagram shows a steroid hormone passing through the cytoplasm, where it binds to a steroid receptor, and then into the nucleus where it activates mRNA transcriptions.
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