Assertion: steroid | /r/CapableOf | pass through the plasma membrane
Facets:
value: by simple diffusion
type: MANNER
value: easily
type: MANNER
value: into a cell
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to bind to receptors
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: The second mechanism involves steroid hormones, which pass through the plasma membrane and act in a two step process.
text: In general, the steroid hormones are lipid-soluble and pass through the plasma membrane to bind to receptors in the cytoplasm or in the nucleus and stimulate transcription of certain genes, and non-steroidal hormones are water-soluble and generally bind to receptors on the cell surface to cause their effects.
text: Steroid hormones are generally thought to pass easily across a plasma membrane into a cell, interacting once inside with soluble nuclear receptors, but recent experiments have demonstrated the importance of membrane-bound receptors in mediating the activity and the metabolism of steroid hormones.
text: As steroid hormones can pass through the plasma membrane by simple diffusion because they are lipid derived hormones, it means that they are capable of passing through every cell of our body, BUT why are only specific cells responsive against steroid hormones?