Physiology Flashcards

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What is pleitotropism?

A

One cytokines can have lots of different effects on different types of cells

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2
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Give examples of paracrine hormones

A

Prostaglandins, tumour necrosis factor, histamine

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What is redundancy?

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Many different cytokines can perform the function of all cytokines.

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