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[cryptokine]
this collective term has been coined by the author of COPE in analogy to other designations, for example, cytokines, lymphokines, adipokines, batokines, myokines and others, to refer to peptides that are derived from larger parent proteins by proteolytic cleavage and perform functions of classical cytokines, growth factors, or regulatory peptide factors in autocrine, paracrine, or endocrine manners. the term cryptokine would therefore be used synonymously with another term, cryptides or crypteins, that refers to bioactive peptides.
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