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