juxtracrine

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adjective

Relating to any form of signalling in multicellular organisms that requires close contact.

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Meanings

adjectivejuxtracrine (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyRelating to any form of signalling in multicellular organisms that requires close contact.

    ICCs can form gap junctions with smooth muscle, and juxtracrine chemical synapses have been shown to form between ICCs and immune cells in rat bladder and other organs.

    2009 February 20, Clinton Collins et al., “Potential for control of detrusor smooth muscle spontaneous rhythmic contraction by cyclooxygenase products released by interstitial cells of Cajal”, in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, volume 13, →DOI
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