Organ or Tissue Function
autocrine systems
Definitions related to autocrine systems:
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(autocrine) One of three fundamental types (with paracrine and endocrine) of cellular regulation by intercellular diffusible factors, where the diffusible factor exerts a regulatory influence primarily on the same cell that secreted it.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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Organ systems involved in self-stimulation through cellular production of a factor and a specific receptor for it.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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