Autocrine

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  • adj. (of a hormone, neuropeptide... or about its effect or action) That acts on the cell that produced it.
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    "(Effect of the secretion of the cell on itself is called autocrine effect) on T cell i.e. it self (blocked by cortisol) 3) activates B cells which on antigenic stimulation mature into plasma cells and produce antibodies b) Granulocyte and monocyte colony stimulation factor (GMcSF)."
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