A hormone has been synthesized in the rough endoplasmic reticulum of an endocrine cell after which it has moved into the Golgi complex, been packaged in a vesicle, and been released into circulation

From the following list, which hormone is synthesized and released in this manner?
A) Insulin
B) Cortisol
C) Testosterone
D) Estrogen


Ans: A
Feedback:
Insulin is a peptide hormone; as such, its synthesis and release are vesicle mediated. Glucocorticoids (such as cortisol), androgens (such as testosterone), and estrogens are synthesized by non–vesicle-mediated pathways.

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