Paracrine Communication
"Paracrine Communication" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Cellular signaling in which a factor secreted by a cell affects other cells in the local environment. This term is often used to denote the action of INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS on surrounding cells.
| Descriptor ID |
D019899
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G04.299.122.600
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| Concept/Terms |
Paracrine Communication- Paracrine Communication
- Communication, Paracrine
- Communications, Paracrine
- Paracrine Communications
- Paracrine Signaling
- Paracrine Signalings
- Signaling, Paracrine
- Signalings, Paracrine
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Paracrine Communication" by people in Profiles.
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Curran T, Ng JM. Cancer: Hedgehog's other great trick. Nature. 2008 Sep 18; 455(7211):293-4.
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Wu S, Yoshiko Y, De Luca F. Stanniocalcin 1 acts as a paracrine regulator of growth plate chondrogenesis. J Biol Chem. 2006 Feb 24; 281(8):5120-7.