proendocrine

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pro- +‎ endocrine

Adjective[edit]

proendocrine (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the production of endocrine secretions.
    • 2015 August 20, “Neurogenin 3 Expressing Cells in the Human Exocrine Pancreas Have the Capacity for Endocrine Cell Fate”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      E2A protein E47, which forms heterodimers with NGN3 to regulate proendocrine gene transcription [44 ] coprecipitated with human NGN3 and was detected along with E12, an alternately spliced form of E2A, in the mouse lysate (Fig 1I, bottom right panel).