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Cell Signalling and Transduction - Medical Science

Q1:

In paracrine signaling, the signaling molecules affects only

A target cells close to the cell from which it was secreted

B target cells distant from its site of synthesis in cells of an endocrine organ

C both (a) and (b)

D none of the above

ANS:A - target cells close to the cell from which it was secreted

Answer: D.

Because paracrine signalling depends on the signal that are released into the extracellular space and act locally on neighboring cells.