The hormones need to find a set of target cells to bring about a specific change.
Receptors - the special proteins inside or on the cell's surface - help hormones find their targets. The receptors recognise specific hormones as they move past and bind to them.
Once this happens, the hormone-receptor combination triggers effects that can increase or decrease specific processes inside the cell.
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