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Paracrine

Definition

adjective

Of or relating to a hormone or to a secretion released by (endocrine) cells into the adjacent cells or surrounding tissue rather than into the bloodstream.


Supplement

Word origin: "para" = alongside of or next to.

Related terms: paracrine signaling.

Compare: autocrine.


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Flu symptoms...sympathetic or parasympathetic?

well i would think it's both, and there are a lot of hormones and paracrine signaling molecules that operate to produce flu symptoms..

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by MrMistery
Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:01 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Flu symptoms...sympathetic or parasympathetic?
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adipose tissue - urgent help

... cools passively. d) Generation of heat by NST uses mainly aerobic metabolism. e) Generation of heat by NST uses mainly anaerobic metabolism. 3.In paracrine signalling in adipose tissue, do signals pass from only from adipocytes to stromal-vascular tissues? And can any cell be both a signaller ...

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by Juanita1
Sat Jun 13, 2009 1:47 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: adipose tissue - urgent help
Replies: 2
Views: 150

Histidine

... system. 3. Decarboxylation into histamine which is found predominately in mast cells and plays important roles in immune function and as a paracrine agent acting on the stomach. 4.?? However, I keep re-reading the question and it seems to be asking the role of histidine in fuel metabolism??? ...

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by jmyhre
Thu Jan 22, 2009 6:10 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Histidine
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Views: 827

Golgi Bodies

... many more plasma membrane proteins that function in depolarization, signaling and adhesion, they probably secrete more signaling proteins(like paracrine hormones). Of course, epithelial cells do the same things but probably on a smaller scale, so to say.

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by MrMistery
Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:39 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Golgi Bodies
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Views: 1195

white blood cell

... cells are endocrine cells is not exactly correct(although they do secrete local regulators, collectively called cytokines, that may be considered paracrine horomes if you wish)

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by MrMistery
Fri May 30, 2008 8:14 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: white blood cell
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Views: 2234
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