Scavenger receptors in endocrinology are inactive

membrane receptor Cell surface receptors (membrane receptors, transmembrane receptors) are receptors that are embedded in the plasma membrane of cells. They act in cell signaling by receiving (binding to) extracellular molecules. They are specialized integral me ...

s which bind certain hormones such as

IGF-1 Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), also called somatomedin C, is a hormone similar in molecular structure to insulin which plays an important role in childhood growth, and has anabolic effects in adults. In the 1950s IGF-1 was called " sulfa ...

and do not transmit an intracellular response.

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{{Membrane-protein-stub Membrane proteins Cell-surface receptors