Definition of "autoregulatory" []

• Of or pertaining to autoregulation (adjective)

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• "Instead of directly attacking the stronger cells, the autoregulatory T cells turn off the signal that tells the stronger immune cells to attack, effectively stopping the destruction of the beta cells."
• "But these cells -- know as memory-like autoregulatory T cells -- aren't as strong as the rogue cells and so they quickly become overwhelmed."
• "Sangoram AM, Saez L, Antoch MP, Gekakis N, Staknis D, et al. (1998) Mammalian circadian autoregulatory loop: a timeless ortholog and mPer1 interact and negatively regulate CLOCK-BMAL1-induced transcription."