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Is a form of local area signaling in which a cell secretes a chemical messenger (autocrine agent) that signals the same cell. In contrast, in the paracrine signaling, the signal of the chemical messenger (paracrine agent) is limited to other cells also in the local area.
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(2012) Autocrine. In: Schwab M (ed) Encyclopedia of cancer, 3rd edn. Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, p 311. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-16483-5_468
(2012) Paracrine. In: Schwab M (ed) Encyclopedia of cancer, 3rd edn. Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg, p 2783. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-16483-5_4380
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Schwab, M. (2015). Autocrine Signaling. In: Schwab, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27841-9_470-2
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