autocrine
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Applied to a secretion of a cell that affects that cell itself. For example, insulin-like growth factor secreted within a muscle cell has growth-promoting actions on that cell.
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au·to·crine
(ô'tə-krĭn, -krēn')
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Of or relating to self-stimulation through cellular production of a factor and a specific receptor for it.
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