title: Hormone families: pancreatic hormones and homologous growth factors.
abstract: The growing realization that biologically active polypeptides can be grouped in families, the members of which show structural and functional relatedness, is illustrated by the four families which are represented in the pancreas by the hormones insulin, glucagon, somatostatin and pancreatic polypeptide.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D005075:Biological Evolution; D005934:Glucagon; D006133:Growth Substances; D007328:Insulin; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; D010187:Pancreatic Hormones; D010191:Pancreatic Polypeptide; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012065:Relaxin; D013002:Somatomedins; D013004:Somatostatin
chemical_list: D006133:Growth Substances; D007328:Insulin; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; D010187:Pancreatic Hormones; D013002:Somatomedins; D013004:Somatostatin; D010191:Pancreatic Polypeptide; D012065:Relaxin; D005934:Glucagon