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The role of hormones in this process is clear; however, new results indicate that autocrine/paracrine or growth factor mechanisms also have important roles.
Various cytokines are also produced by biliary epithelial cells [ 14 ] . As biliary epithelial cells are capable of both producing and responding to cytokines, these cells may use cytokines for the autocrine/paracrine regulation of their own function as well as that of other cells.
An autocrine effect of conceptus estrogen synthesis has been suggested as filamentous conceptuses have greater gene expression for estrogen receptor β compared to its spherical and tubular counterparts [ 9 ] .
Dog gallbladder epithelial cells demonstrated increased mucin secretion following TNF-α treatment [ 10 ] . In addition, exogenous TNF-α altered the absorptive properties of cultured human gallbladder epithelial cells [ 37 ] . It is therefore reasonable to suggest that TNF-α produced by gallbladder epithelial cells in response to LPS could affect cellular function in an autocrine manner.
Very little is known about the role of the TE in folliculogenesis: however this new finding raises the possibility that BMP-3b and -4 could have autocrine actions on TE histogenesis and/or paracrine actions on theca/follicle morphogenesis.