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corticotrope
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corticotroph [kor´tĭ-ko-trōf]
a type of acidophil found in the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland that secretes corticotropin; it is synthesized as a large prohormone containing both corticotropin and β-lipotropin.
corticotrope
a cell of the anterior pituitary gland that secretes ACTH.
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01), with corticotropes = gonadotropes = lactotropes < thyrotropes = somatotropes.
Sperm Protein SP22 in somatotropes and thyrotropes of the rat and ... by Benoit, Allison; Blake, Charles; McCoy, George / Bulletin of the South Carolina Academy of Science
The rare cell types, including corticotropes and thyrotropes (Figure 3), showed similar changes at the corresponding time points.
Diethylnitrosamine causes pituitary damage, disturbs hormone levels, ... by Hallstrom, Inger Porsch / Environmental Health Perspectives
 
 
 
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