Paracrine Signals

question 70

Multiple Choice

Paracrine signals

• A) act on the cells that made them.
• B) move through the blood and act on cells far from their source.
• C) act on cells that are near to those that secrete them.
• D) do not act through receptors.
• E) require large concentrations of the signaling molecule to function.

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