The endocrine thymus produces several hormone like peptides which control development of the thymic dependent lymphoid system and participate in the process of immune regulation.

胸腺产生胸腺素等肽类激素，控制胸腺依赖淋巴细胞的发育并参与免疫调节过程。

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The problemis the insulin - this hormone that acts like a key to get the sugar out of theblood into the muscle cells, where it can power your movements.

问题是在于胰岛素- 这种激素的作用就像一种把糖从血液中取出然后放入肌肉细胞内的关键元素，它可以驱动你的动作。

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They found that sleep deprivation seemed to trigger a diabetes-like condition, harmed hormone production, and interfered with the ability to use carbohydrates.

他们发现，睡眠不足似乎引发类似糖尿病的症状，阻碍激素产生，并干扰碳水化合物的消化。

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Example, protein hormones are insulin which we've talked about before and glucagon, and growth hormone which we haven't talked about but that's very important during periods of life like adolescence, when rapid growth of your bones is occurring.

例如,我们以前讲过的胰岛素,还有胰高血糖素都是蛋白质激素,生长激素也是,尽管我们还没有讲过它,但它在人的青春期阶段,起着非常重要的作用,骨骼在此时期快速生长

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They work by inhibiting prostaglandin, a hormone-like substance that plays a part in signalling pain to the brain.

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They found that patients who were most likely to reject donor organs had a different pattern of hormone-like substances known as cytokines.

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But now big pharma is getting into the act, trying to produce generic versions, the very medicines (to treat multiple sclerosis, diabetes, anemia, deficiencies in growth hormone and the like) that started the biotech revolution 30 years ago and gave rise to Genentech, Amgen and Biogen Idec.

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