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- Corticotropes (or corticotrophs) are basophilic cells in the anterior pituitary that produce pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) which undergoes cleavage to adrenocorticotropin...
- hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH), and is inhibited by hypothalamic somatostatin. Corticotropes: Cleaved from the precursor proopiomelanocortin protein, and include...
- secrete: somatotropes (GH); lactotropes (PRL); gonadotropes (LH and FSH); corticotropes (ACTH) and thyrotropes (TSH). It also contains non-endocrine folliculostellate...
- appetite. β-endorphin is also secreted into the circulation from pituitary corticotropes and melanotropes. α-neoendorphin is also expressed in POMC cells in...
- secretion) Bowman's gland cell in nose (washes olfactory epithelium) Corticotropes Hormone-secreting cells Anterior/Intermediate pituitary cells Gonadotropes...
- the CRH to the anterior lobe of the pituitary, where it stimulates corticotropes to secrete adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and other biologically-active...
- increase of metabolism. 43 Lipotropin LPH Peptide anterior pituitary Corticotropes lipolysis and steroidogenesis, stimulates melanocytes to produce melanin...
- Of the adenohypophyseal hormones, the most frequently affected are corticotropes, lactotropes and gonadotropes, all which are found in the anterior pituitary...
- ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm. Trichocyte Keratinocyte Gonadotrope Corticotrope Thyrotrope Somatotrope Lactotroph Ameloblast Neuron Glia Schwann cell...
- hormone TRH CRH GnRH GHRH Dopamine (inhibitor) Pituitary cells Thyrotrope Corticotrope Gonadotrope Somatotrope Lactotrope Pituitary hormone TSH ACTH LH and...