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The Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology Study Section [MCE] reviews applications that address the molecular and cell biology of endocrine organs and their products, both hormones and growth factors. This includes the synthesis and secretion of local and circulating hormones and growth factors, polypeptides and lipid-based ligands and their mechanism of action as they interact with cell-surface and nuclear receptors to influence cell structure, function, and the regulation of gene expression in both normal and pathologic states. Specific areas covered by MCE:

• Molecular mechanisms of polypeptide, steroid/thyroid hormone action and peptide hormone synthesis, processing, secretion, signaling, and trafficking.
• Hormonal and growth factor regulation of gene expression, including DNA-binding proteins, coactivators, corepressors, and other modulators of transcription.
• Regulation of cell growth and differentiation by steroid/polypeptide hormones and growth factors.
• Functional analysis of genomic and proteomic patterns of hormone action.
• Structure-function relationship of nuclear and peptide hormone receptors.

Study Sections with most closely related areas of science listed in rank order are:

Integrative and Clinical Endocrinology and Reproduction [ICER]  
Cellular, Molecular and Integrative Reproduction [CMIR]
Cellular Aspects of Diabetes and Obesity [CADO]
Macromolecular Structure and Function A Study Section [MSFA]
Macromolecular Structure and Function B Study Section [MSFB]
Macromolecular Structure and Function C Study Section [MSFC] 
Macromolecular Structure and Function D Study Section [MSFD]
Macromolecular Structure and Function E Study Section [MSFE]
Molecular and Integrative Signal Transduction [MIST]
Genetics of Health and Disease [GHD]