CYTOKINES LEGEND

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Cytokines

Chemical messengers produced by stimulated cells that affects the function or activity of other cells

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Autocrine

Cytokine acts on the cell that secreted it

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Paracrine

Cytokine acts on nearby cells

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Endocrine

Cytokine travels through blood vessels to distant cells

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Pleiotropy

Many diff. actions of a single cytokine

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Redundancy

Different cytokines activate some of the pathways and genes

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Synergistic

Effects complement and enhance each other

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Antagonism

One cytokine may counteract the action of another cytokine

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Cascade induction

Cytokine secreted by a specific type of cell can activate target cells to produce additional cytokines