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Hormones and receptors

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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