Differentiate between endocrine, paracrine, and autocrine. Provide an example of

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Differentiate between endocrine, paracrine, and autocrine. Provide an example of a cytokine that demonstrates such activity. (Different cytokines may be listed for each term). Hint: cytokines function to stimulate self, neighboring cells, and cells that are far away. Differentiate between endocrine, paracrine, and autocrine. Provide an example of a cytokine that demonstrates such activity. (Different cytokines may be listed for each term). Hint: cytokines function to stimulate self, neighboring cells, and cells that are far away. Hint: cytokines function to stimulate self, neighboring cells, and cells that are far away.

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Endocrine system is a chemical messenger system which consist of harmones , the group of glands of an organism that carry those harmones directly into the circulatory system.

Autocrine- Secretion of harmoneseans the cell releases the harmones itself it can be stimulated for doing so by an external stimuli.

Paracrine- secretion involves the release of harmone to interact adjacent cell ,without a requirement of circulatory harmone in the blood stream.

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