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  2. Autocrine signaling - Wikipedia

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    Autocrine signaling is a form of cell signaling in which a cell secretes a hormone or chemical messenger (called the autocrine agent) that binds to autocrine receptors on that same cell, leading to changes in the cell. [1] This can be contrasted with paracrine signaling, intracrine signaling, or classical endocrine signaling.

  3. Cell signaling - Wikipedia

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    Autocrine signaling involves a cell secreting a hormone or chemical messenger (called the autocrine agent) that binds to autocrine receptors on that same cell, leading to changes in the cell itself. [13] This can be contrasted with paracrine signaling, intracrine signaling, or classical endocrine signaling.

  4. Sympathoadrenal system - Wikipedia

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    The two main chemical messengers of the sympathoadrenal system are norepinephrine and epinephrine (also called noradrenaline and adrenaline respectively). These chemicals are created by the adrenal glands after receiving neuronal signals from the sympathetic nervous system. The different physiological effects of these chemicals depend on the ...

  5. Chemical messenger - Wikipedia

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    A chemical message is any compound that serves to transmit a message, and may refer to: Hormone, long range chemical messenger; Neurotransmitter, communicates to adjacent cells; Neuropeptide, a protein sequence which acts as a hormone or neurotransmitter. The blood or other body fluids transport neuropeptides to non adjacent target cells, where ...

  6. Cytokine - Wikipedia

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    Cytokines (/ ˈ s aɪ t ə k aɪ n /) [1] are a broad and loose category of small proteins (~5–25 kDa [2]) important in cell signaling. Due to their size, cytokines cannot cross the lipid bilayer of cells to enter the cytoplasm and therefore typically exert their functions by interacting with specific cytokine receptors on the target cell ...

  7. Substance P - Wikipedia

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    SP initiates expression of almost all known immunological chemical messengers . [20] [21] [22] Also, most of the cytokines, in turn, induce SP and the NK1 receptor. [23] [24] SP is particularly excitatory to cell growth and multiplication, [25] via usual, [26] as well as oncogenic drivers. [27] SP is a trigger for nausea and emesis. [28]

  8. Endocrine system - Wikipedia

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    They are both part of the HPA axis which is known to play a role in cell signaling in the nervous system. Hypothalamus: The hypothalamus is a key regulator of the autonomic nervous system. The endocrine system has three sets of endocrine outputs [5] which include the magnocellular system, the parvocellular system, and autonomic intervention ...

  9. Secretin - Wikipedia

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    They determined that a substance secreted by the intestinal lining stimulates the pancreas after being transported via the bloodstream. They named this intestinal secretion secretin . This type of 'chemical messenger' substance is now called a hormone , a term coined by Starling in 1905.