Biology:Thyrotropic cell

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Thyrotropic cell
Details
LocationAnterior pituitary
FunctionThyroid stimulating hormone secretion
Anatomical terms of microanatomy

Thyrotropes (also called thyrotrophs) are endocrine cells in the anterior pituitary which produce thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) in response to thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH).[1] Thyrotropes consist around 5% of the anterior pituitary lobe cells.[2]

Thyrotropes appear basophilic in histological preparations.

See also

  • Anterior pituitary
  • Hormone
  • List of human cell types derived from the germ layers
  • List of distinct cell types in the adult human body

References

  1. ↑ Guyton, A.C. & Hall, J.E. (2006) Textbook of Medical Physiology (11th ed.) Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunder ISBN:0-7216-0240-1
  2. ↑ "Costanzo, Linda S. (2014). "Physiology" (5th ed.). Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 978-1-4557-0847-5



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