The endocrine system is the network of glands and hormone-secreting tissues that coordinates physiology through chemical messengers released into the bloodstream. Glands including the pituitary, thyroid, adrenals, pancreas and gonads produce hormones that regulate metabolism, growth, reproduction, stress responses a…
The endocrine system is the network of glands and hormone-secreting tissues that coordinates physiology through chemical messengers released into the bloodstream. Glands including the pituitary, thyroid, adrenals, pancreas and gonads produce hormones that regulate metabolism, growth, reproduction, stress responses and fluid balance, acting on distant target organs through specific receptors and controlled by feedback loops that maintain homeostasis. Disruption of these signalling pathways underlies disorders such as diabetes, thyroid disease and reproductive dysfunction. The articles in this collection examine several facets of endocrine biology. Work on endocrine-disrupting chemicals explores how environmental agents interfere with hormone signalling through epigenetic mechanisms, while studies of adrenomedullin describe a multifunctional peptide acting across diverse organs and tissues. Metabolic endocrinology features in analyses of the impact of nutrients on diabetes, and thyroid endocrinology in evaluation of well-differentiated thyroid cancer treatment outcomes. Related contributions address immune-endocrine interactions in frailty and the influence of stress on physiological biomarkers. Together these works present the endocrine system as an integrated regulatory architecture in which hormones translate internal and external signals into coordinated bodily responses, and in which disruption, whether environmental, neoplastic or metabolic, propagates through interconnected pathways, making endocrine signalling a central concern for understanding metabolic disease, including diabetes, and broader physiological regulation.
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