Editing Endocrine system (section)

====Juxtacrine====
{{Main|Juxtacrine signalling}}
[[Juxtacrine signalling|Juxtacrine]] signaling is a type of intercellular communication that is transmitted via oligosaccharide, lipid, or protein components of a cell membrane, and may affect either the emitting cell or the immediately adjacent cells.<ref>{{Cite book |vauthors=Gilbert F |date=2000 |chapter=Juxtacrine Signaling |title=Developmental Biology |edition=6th |location=Sunderland, MA |publisher=Sinauer Associates |isbn=0-87893-243-7 |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK10072/ |language=en}}</ref>

It occurs between adjacent cells that possess broad patches of closely opposed plasma membrane linked by transmembrane channels known as [[connexon]]s. The gap between the cells can usually be between only 2 and 4&nbsp;nm.<ref name=":0">{{cite book |title=Vander's Human Physiology: the mechanisms of body function |last=Vander |first=Arthur |name-list-style=vanc |publisher=McGraw-Hill Higher Education |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-07-304962-5 |location=Boston |pages=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780071283663/page/332 332–333] |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780071283663/page/332}}</ref>