Intracrine signaling

Intracrine refers to a hormone that acts inside a cell, regulating intracellular events. In simple terms it means that the cell stimulates itself by cellular production of a factor that acts within the cell. Steroid hormones act through intracellular (mostly nuclear) receptors and, thus, may be considered to be intracrines.

spinqualitylabelsall models Human parathyroid hormone fragment hPTH (1-39); 1bwx Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image