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Corticotropic cells, (
corticotropes or corticotrophs) are
basophilic cells in the
anterior pituitary that
produce pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC)
which undergoes...
- 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...
- 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...
- secretion) Bowman's
gland cell in nose (washes
olfactory epithelium)
Corticotropes Hormone-secreting
cells Anterior/Intermediate
pituitary cells Gonadotropes...
- ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm.
Trichocyte Keratinocyte Gonadotrope Corticotrope Thyrotrope Somatotrope Lactotroph Ameloblast Neuron Glia
Schwann cell...
- Of the
adenohypophyseal hormones, the most
frequently affected are
corticotropes,
lactotropes and gonadotropes, all
which are
found in the
anterior pituitary...
-
resistance that can be seen in PPID horses. ACTH is also
produced by
corticotropes in the pars
distalis of the
equine pituitary. In a
normal horse, this...
