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- A melanotroph (or melanotrope) is a cell in the pituitary gland that generates melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α‐MSH) from its precursor pro-opiomelanocortin...
- largest portion of the stria in the cochlear duct. Chromophobe cell Melanotroph Acidophil cell Basophil cell Oxyphil cell (pathology) Oxyphil cell (parathyroid)...
- hormones of the anterior pituitary and releasing them into the bloodstream. Melanotrophs (also, Melanotropes) are another type of chromophobe which secrete...
- "acidophils". Eosinophilic Acidophile (histology) Basophilic Chromophobe cell Melanotroph Chromophil Basophil cell Oxyphil cell Oxyphil cell (parathyroid) Pituitary...
- Neuroendocrine tumor Neuroendocrinology Neurohormone Chromophobe cell Melanotroph Chromophil Acidophil cell Basophil cell Oxyphil cell Oxyphil cell (parathyroid)...
- in the median sagittal plane Head and neck anatomy Chromophobe cell Melanotroph Chromophil Acidophil cell Basophil cell Oxyphil cell (parathyroid) Neuroendocrine...
- *Produced only in pregnancy by the developing embryo. Chromophobe cell Melanotroph Chromophil Acidophil cell Oxyphil cell Oxyphil cell (parathyroid) Pituitary...
- stimulating hormone MSH or α-MSH Peptide anterior pituitary/pars intermedia Melanotroph melanocortin receptor → cAMP melanogenesis by melanocytes in skin and...
- List of human cell types derived from the germ layers Chromophobe cell Melanotroph Chromophil Acidophil cell Basophil cell Pituitary gland Neuroendocrine...
- addition to synthesis in the corticotropes, POMC is also synthesized in melanotroph cells, the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus, and melanocytes. POMC...