Meanings
verbautoinduce (third-person singular simple present autoinduces, present participle autoinducing, simple past and past participle autoinduced)
present singular third person autoinduces · participle present autoinducing · participle past autoinduced · past autoinduced
- To induce its own production
In this scenario, local release of IL-1 β could autoinduce its own production through autocrine stimulation and further attract additional immune cells into the islet microenvironment.
2015 July 14, Kevin Noel Keane et al., “Molecular Events Linking Oxidative Stress and Inflammation to Insulin Resistance and β-Cell Dysfunction”, in Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, volume 2015, →DOI
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