🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

autocitoquina

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /awtositoˈkina/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Autocytokine/ˌɔːtəʊsaɪˈtəʊkiːn/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La autocitoquina actúa mediante un mecanismo autocrino."

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As noun
  1. 1

    A cytokine that exerts autocrine effects by binding to receptors on the surface of the exact same cell type that secreted it, thereby regulating its own cellular activity.

    "The tumor cells demonstrated continuous proliferation driven by the release of an autocytokine growth factor."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Greek 'autos' meaning 'self', coupled with 'cytokine', which is a blend of the Greek 'kytos' (cell) and 'kinesis' (movement). Coined in late 20th-century biomedical literature to describe signaling proteins that act upon the same cells that secrete them.

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