Hormones accomplish their activity by direct inclusion in the cell?

Question

Most hormones accomplish their activity by direct inclusion in the cell, where they carry out their catalytic function.

TRUE / FALSE

Answer 1

False.- Steroid hormones do but protein/peptide hormones generally do not enter the cell and act by second messengers within the cell.

Steroid and thyroid hormones, enter the cells and have an intracellular receptor and acts upon its target cells by affecting transcription.

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