Corticotropic cell

Corticotropic cell
Corticotropic cell
Code TH H3.08.02.2.00009

Corticotropes (or corticotrophs) are basophilic cells in the anterior pituitary that produce adrenocorticotropic hormone, melanocyte-stimulating hormone and lipotropin. These cells respond to corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) and make up about 20% of the cells in the anterior pituitary.

v · d · eHuman anatomy, endocrine system: endocrine glands (TA A11, TH H3.08, GA 11.1269)
Islets of pancreas
Hypothalamic/
pituitary axes
+parathyroid
Pituitary

Pars nervosa · Median eminence · Infundibular stalk

Pituicyte · Herring bodies

Pars intermedia · Pars tuberalis · Pars distalis

Acidophil cell (Somatotropic cell, Prolactin cell) · Basophil cell (Corticotropic cell, Gonadotropic cell, Thyrotropic cell) · Chromophobe cell

Thyroid isthmus · Lobes of thyroid gland · Pyramidal lobe of thyroid gland

Follicular cell · Parafollicular cell
Pineal gland
Pinealocyte · Corpora arenacea · Meibomian pelicle
Other
Enteroendocrine cell · Paraganglia

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v · d · eHuman cell types / list derived primarily from ectoderm
Surface ectoderm
Trichocyte · Keratinocyte
Neural crest
glia: Schwann cell · Satellite glial cell
Digestive system
Neural tube



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