CORE FOUNDATIONS FOR MEDICINE TUTORIAL ON EICOSANOIDS

Eicosaniods signal via G-protein coupled receptors (GPCR).

Eicosanoids mediate paracrine and autocrine signaling.
Paracrine signaling (cells are near by)	Autocrine signaling (the same cell)
but NOT endocrine signaling (eicosanoids are quickly degraded so they do not travel very far).
Endocrine signaling (cells are far apart)

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