Write a note on mode of a steroid hormone /lipid soluble hormone with an example.
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A steroid hormone is a steroid that acts as a hormone. Steroid hormones can be grouped into two classes: corticosteroids (typically made in the adrenal cortex, hence cortico-) and sex steroids (typically made in the gonads or placenta). Within those two classes are five types according to the receptors to which they bind: glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids (both corticosteroids) and androgens, estrogens, and progestogens (sex steroids). Vitamin D derivatives are a sixth closely related hormone system with homologous receptors. They have some of the characteristics of true steroids as receptor ligands.
Steroid hormone
Drug class
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Estradiol, an important estrogen steroid hormone in both women and men.
Class identifiers
Synonyms
Adrenal steroid; Gonadal steroid
Use
Various
Biological target
Steroid hormone receptors
Chemical class
Steroidal; Nonsteroidal
In Wikidata
Steroid hormones help control metabolism, inflammation, immune functions, salt and water balance, development of sexual characteristics, and the ability to withstand illness and injury. The term steroid describes both hormones produced by the body and artificially produced medications that duplicate the action for the naturally occurring steroids.[1][2][3]