response to peptide hormone stimulus, response to polypeptide hormone stimulus
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Definition
Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of a peptide hormone stimulus. A peptide hormone is any of a class of peptides that are secreted into the blood stream and have endocrine functions in living animals.
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Wikipedia:Peptide_hormone,
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