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Encyclopedia > Paracrine

Paracrine signalling is a form of signalling in which the target cell is close to the signal releasing cell, and the signal chemical is broken down too quickly to be carried to other parts of the body. It involves the use of paracrine agents. Examples of paracrine signaling include growth factor signaling and clotting factors. Growth factor signaling plays an important role in many aspects of developement. In mature organisms paracrine signaling functions include responses to allergens, repairs to damaged tissue, formation of scar tissue, and clotting. Overproduction of some paracrine growth factors has been linked to the development of cancer.


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Paracrine signalling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (280 words)
Paracrine signalling is a form of cell signalling in which the target cell is close to ("para" = alongside of or next to, but this strict prefix definition is not meticulously followed here) the signal releasing cell, and the signal chemical is broken down too quickly to be carried to other parts of the body.
Some paracrine agents also have autocrine or endocrine actions as well.
muscle growth), and in a paracrine manner to stimulate spermatogenesis in the adjacent seminiferous tubules.
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