The phrase "hormone glucagon" refers to a chemical substance in our bodies called glucagon, which acts as a messenger to regulate our blood sugar levels. Full definition
The disease can be managed with careful control of what food is eaten and when, modifying physical activity, and the use of pumps or injections to deliver insulin and the glucose - raising hormone glucagon. (newscientist.com)
Similar to a trojan horse, the drug enters the liver with a trick: It uses the pancreatic hormone glucagon as vehicle to shuttle thyroid hormone T3 the live while keeping it away from other organs, thereby improving cholesterol and lipid metabolism while avoiding typical side effects of thyroid hormone. (sciencedaily.com)
«Part of our trick is, that we use the pancreatic hormone glucagon as a vehicle to deliver thyroid hormone only into cells carrying a glucagon receptor,» says Christoffer Clemmensen, who led several of the key experiments. (sciencedaily.com)