Definitions for "Autocrine"
Secretion of a substance, such as a growth factor, that stimulates the secretory cell itself. One route to independence of growth control is by autocrine growth factor production.
of, relating to, promoted by, or being a substance secreted by a cell and acting on surface receptors of the same cell
Hormone acting at a distance but also with an effect on the synthesizing cell or neighbouring identical cells.
Keywords:  self, regulation
self regulation