Corticotropic cell

Corticotropic cell
Identifiers
Code	TH H3.08.02.2.00009
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

Corticotropes (or corticotrophs) are basophilic cells in the anterior pituitary that produce melanocyte-stimulating hormone, adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and lipotropin. The cells produce pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) which undergoes cleavage to ACTH and β-lipotropin (β-LPH). These cells respond to corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) and make up about 20% of the cells in the anterior pituitary.

Anatomy of the endocrine system

Pituitary gland

Anterior	Pars intermedia Pars tuberalis Pars distalis Acidophil cell Somatotropic cell Prolactin cell Basophil cell Corticotropic cell Gonadotropic cell Thyrotropic cell Chromophobe cell

Posterior	Pars nervosa Median eminence Stalk Pituicyte Herring bodies

Thyroid gland

Parathyroid gland

Adrenal gland

Cortex	Zona glomerulosa Zona fasciculata Zona reticularis

Medulla	Chromaffin cell

Gonads

Islets of pancreas

Pineal gland

Other

Cells in humans derived from ectoderm

Surface ectoderm

Skin	Trichocyte Keratinocyte

Anterior pituitary	Gonadotrope Corticotrope Thyrotrope Somatotrope Lactotroph

Neural crest

Peripheral nervous system	Neuron Glia Schwann cell Satellite glial cell

Neuroendocrine system	Chromaffin cell Parafollicular cell Glomus cell

Skin	Melanocyte Nevus cell Merkel cell

Teeth	Odontoblast Cementoblast

Eyes	Corneal keratocyte

Neural tube

Central nervous system	Neuron Glia (Oligodendrocyte Astrocyte)

Ependyma	Ependymocytes

Pineal gland	Pinealocyte

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