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Any biological process involved in the generation, transmission, reception, or interpretation of a signal. A signal is an entity used to transmit or convey information. Any process that is carried out at the cellular level, but not necessarily restricted to a single cell. For example, cell communication occurs among more than one cell, but occurs at the cellular level. The process whereby a signal is secreted or discharged into the extracellular medium from a cellular source. Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of the regulated release of a hormone from a cell or group of cells. The process whereby a signal is released and/or conveyed from one location to another. The regulated release of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), a polypeptide hormone involved in the stress response. CRH is produced by the hypothalamus and stimulates corticotropic cells of the anterior lobe of the pituitary to produce adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) and other biologically active substances e.g. 2-endorphin, release of CRH is affected by serum levels of cortisol, by stress and by the sleep/wake cycle. The cellular process by which a physical entity or change in state, a signal, is created that originates in one cell and is used to transfer information to another cell. This process begins with the initial formation of the signal and ends with the mature form and placement of the signal. Any process that modulates the levels of hormone within an organism or a tissue. A hormone is any substance formed in very small amounts in one specialized organ or group of cells and carried (sometimes in the bloodstream) to another organ or group of cells in the same organism, upon which it has a specific regulatory action. The controlled release of a substance by a cell, a group of cells, or a tissue. The directed movement of hormones into, out of, within or between cells by means of some external agent such as a transporter or pore. The regulated release of hormones, substances with a specific regulatory effect on a particular organ or group of cells. Any process that stops, prevents or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of the regulated release of a hormone from a cell or group of cells. The process by which a hormone is secreted into the circulatory system. Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of the regulated release of a hormone from a cell or group of cells. The regulated release of histamine by a cell or group of cells as part of an inflammatory response. The directed movement of substances (such as macromolecules, small molecules, ions) into, out of, within or between cells, or within a multicellular organism by means of some external agent such as a transporter or pore. The regulated release of activin, a nonsteroidal regulator composed of two covalently linked beta subunits, which is synthesized in the pituitary gland and gonads and stimulates the secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone. The directed movement of a substance or cellular entity, such as a protein complex or organelle, to a specific location within, or in the membrane of, a cell. The regulated release of a peptide hormone from vesicles or secretory granules. The controlled release of a substance by a cell.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: hormone secretion
Acc: GO:0046879
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The regulated release of hormones, substances with a specific regulatory effect on a particular organ or group of cells.
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0046879 - hormone secretion (interactive image map)
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