See Also: autocrine motility factor(medicine)
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Autocrine hormones(health)
autocrine communication(medicine)
autocrine hypothesis(medicine)
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motility(medicine)
Sperm motility(health)
motility test(medicine)

autocrine motility factor (medicine)


autocrine motility factor


A member of the class of cytokines secreted by tumour cells. It elicits increases in cell motility and phosphoinositide metabolism in the secreting or producing cell via a pertussis toxin-sensitive g-protein signal transduction pathway. The factor has also been used as a marker for bladder cancer.