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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...
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differentiation specifically to
gonadotropes,
which forms the
basis of most of the
adult gonadotrope po****tion,
though some
gonadotropes of
embryonic origin remain...
- is a
peptide hormone released from the
hypothalamus which stimulates gonadotrope cells of the
anterior pituitary. LH (luteinizing hormone) is a larger...
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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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production 26 Follicle-stimulating
hormone FSH
Peptide anterior pituitary gonadotrope FSH
receptor → cAMP In female:
stimulates maturation of
Graafian follicles...
- FSH beta
subunit is
located on
chromosome 11p13, and is
expressed in
gonadotropes of the
pituitary cells,
controlled by GnRH,
inhibited by inhibin, and...
