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Modes of action of growth factors. Growth factors interact with their receptors in a diffusible manner (e.g., by endocrine, paracrine, autocrine and intracrine pathways) or in a nondiffusible manner (e.g., by juxtacrine and matricrine pathways). Some growth factors are known to act in both ways.
