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Gonadotropic cells (also
known as
gonadotropes, gonadotrophs,
delta cells, or
delta basophils) are
endocrine cells in the
anterior pituitary that produce...
- is a
peptide hormone released from the
hypothalamus which stimulates gonadotrope cells of the
anterior pituitary. LH (luteinizing hormone) is a larger...
- thyrotropin-releasing
hormone (TRH) and is
inhibited by somatostatin.
Gonadotropes:
Luteinizing hormone (LH).
stimulated by Gonadotropin-releasing hormone...
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suggest the MIS
promoter is
repressed and not
activated by SF-1 binding.
Gonadotrope-specific element, or GSE, in the
promoter of the gene
encoding α-subunit...
- (LH) and follicle-stimulating
hormone (FSH),
produced and
secreted by
gonadotropes or
gonadotrophins in the
anterior pituitary gland. This
secretion is...
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portal blood carries the GnRH to the
pituitary gland,
which contains the
gonadotrope cells,
where GnRH
activates its own receptor, gonadotropin-releasing...
- by the
hormones they secrete:
somatotropes (GH);
lactotropes (PRL);
gonadotropes (LH and FSH);
corticotropes (ACTH) and
thyrotropes (TSH). It also contains...
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heterotrimeric G proteins. The
GnRHR is
expressed on the
surface of
pituitary gonadotrope cells as well as lymphocytes, breast, ovary, and prostate. This receptor...
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Corticotropes Hormone-secreting
cells Anterior/Intermediate
pituitary cells Gonadotropes Anterior/Intermediate
pituitary cells Lactotropes Anterior/Intermediate...
- GnRH GHRH
Dopamine (inhibitor)
Pituitary cells Thyrotrope Corticotrope Gonadotrope Somatotrope Lactotrope Pituitary hormone TSH ACTH LH and FSH GH Prolactin...
