Autocrine

Adjective

Definitions

1.AdjectiveOf a hormone, neuropeptide, etc.: acting on the cell that produced it.

"Vasopressin could be an autocrine hormone in the olfactory epithelium.; Many scientific papers suggest an autocrine action of acetylcholin in the lung."

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