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autocrine
(redirected from Autocrine signalling)

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autocrine /au·to·crine/ (-krin) denoting a mode of hormone action in which a hormone binds to receptors on and affects the function of the cell type that produced it.
au·to·crine (ôt-krn, -krn)
adj.
Of or relating to self-stimulation through cellular production of a factor and a specific receptor for it.
autocrine (ˑ·tō·krin),
adj affecting the cells of origin, used in describing glandular and hormonal action.
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