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holocrine

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hol·o·crine  (hl-krn, -krn, -krn, hl-)
adj.
Of or relating to a gland whose output consists of disintegrated secretory cells along with the secretory product itself.

[holo- + Greek krnein, to separate; see endocrine.]

holocrine [ˈhɒləkrɪn]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) (of the secretion of glands) characterized by disintegration of the entire glandular cell in releasing its product, as in sebaceous glands Compare merocrine, apocrine
[from holo- + Greek krinein to separate, decide]


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Furthermore, although sebum secretion is generally considered to be regulated by a holocrine mechanism, which may be associated with sebaceous apoptosis [44], nobiletin-enhanced sebum excretion is independent of the apoptosis of differentiated hamster sebocytes [22].
In general, exocrine glands are classified into unicellular and multicellular glands according to the number of composition cells, and they can be divided further into holocrine glands and merocrine glands depending on their patterns of secretion (Kurosumi et al.
 
 
 
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