autocrine hormone

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Introduction

From the Greek autos (self) & akos (remedy)

A local hormone, i.e. a molecule produced by a cell that effects cells in its local environment, rather than exerting effects on distant cells in different organs (endocrine).

Examples include:

In general autocoids participate in physiological or pathophysiological response to injury.

Related & overlapping terms include

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References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
  2. The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 9th ed. Gilman et al, eds. Permagon Press/McGraw Hill, 1996 pg 579