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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
[ô′təkrin]
denoting the effect of a hormone on cells that produce it.
autocrine [aw´to-krin]
denoting a mode of hormone action in which a hormone binds to receptors on and affects the function of the same cell that produced it.
autocrine (ˑ·tō·krin),
adj affecting the cells of origin, used in describing glandular and hormonal action.
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