Holocrine vs Paracrine - What's the difference?
holocrine | paracrine |
(anatomy, biology, histology) Of or relating to a mode of secretion in some exocrine glands in which the plasma membrane ruptures, releaseing the cell's cytoplasm into the lumen of the gland.
* 2004 , B. G. Kapoor, Bhavna Khanna, Ichthyology Handbook ,
* 2007 , Galina N. Solntseva, N. N. Dergunova (translator), Teresa Ott (linguistic editor), Morphology of the Auditory and Vestibular Organs in Mammals, with Emphasis on Marine Species ,
* 2013 , Rowen D. Frandson, W. Lee Wilke, Anna Dee Fails, Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals ,
Describing a hormone or other secretion released from endocrine cells into the surrounding tissue rather than into the bloodstream
----
As adjectives the difference between holocrine and paracrine
is that holocrine is of or relating to a mode of secretion in some exocrine glands in which the plasma membrane ruptures, releaseing the cell's cytoplasm into the lumen of the gland while paracrine is describing a hormone or other secretion released from endocrine cells into the surrounding tissue rather than into the bloodstream.holocrine
English
(wikipedia holocrine)Adjective
(-)page 80,
- The venom glands of teleosts consist of an aggregation of holocrine cells derived from the epidermis but often sunken into the dermis, on either side of a spine, usually of dorsal or pectoral fin.
page 42,
- In Chiroptera and Insectivora, the holocrine glands can form glandular complexes.
page 11,
- The holocrine gland''''' is the least common type. After the cell fills with secretory material, the entire '''holocrine''' gland cell discharges to the lumen of the gland to constitute the secretion. Sebaceous glands associated with hair follicles of the skin are the most common ' holocrine glands.