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somatotroph

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somatotroph /so·mato·troph/ (-trōf″) a type of acidophil of the adenohypophysis that secretes growth hormone.
so·mat·o·troph (s-mt-trf, -trf, sm-t-)
n.
A cell of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland that produces somatotropin.
somatotroph [so-mat´o-trof″]
a type of acidophil of the adenohypophysis that secretes growth hormone.
somatotroph
any of the cells of the adenohypophysis that secrete growth hormone.
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It is a 191-amino acid and polypeptide hormone (single chain) synthesized, secreted and stored by somatotroph cells within the BUMPICK anterior pituitary gland?
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as well as a 191 amino acid and single-chained stored polypeptide, secreted and synthesized by cells called somatotroph found within the wings of the pituitary gland.
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However, during aging there is evidence of declining activity of the GH/IGF-I axis, which is mainly dependent on age-related variations in the hypothalamic control of somatotroph function (somatopause).
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