Corticotropic Cell

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.

Human anatomy, endocrine system: endocrine glands (TA A11, TH H3.08, GA 11.1269)
Islets of pancreas
  • Alpha cell
  • Beta cell
  • Delta cell
  • PP cell
  • Epsilon cell
Hypothalamic/
pituitary axes
+parathyroid
Pituitary
Posterior pituitary
  • Pars nervosa
  • Median eminence
  • Infundibular stalk
  • Pituicyte
  • Herring bodies
Anterior pituitary
  • Pars intermedia
  • Pars tuberalis
  • Pars distalis
  • Acidophil cell
    • Somatotropic cell
    • Prolactin cell
  • Basophil cell
    • Corticotropic cell
    • Gonadotropic cell
    • Thyrotropic cell
  • Chromophobe cell
Thyroid axis
Thyroid gland
  • Thyroid isthmus
  • Lobes of thyroid gland
  • Pyramidal lobe of thyroid gland
  • Follicular cell
  • Parafollicular cell
Parathyroid gland
  • Chief cell
  • Oxyphil cell
Adrenal axis:
Adrenal gland
Cortex
  • Zona glomerulosa
  • Zona fasciculata
  • Zona reticularis
Medulla
  • Medullary chromaffin cell
Gonadal axis
  • Gonad: Testes
  • Ovaries
  • Corpus luteum
Pineal gland
  • Pinealocyte
  • Corpora arenacea
Other
  • Enteroendocrine cell
  • Paraganglia

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proc, drug (A10/H1/H2/H3/H5)
Human cell types / list derived primarily from ectoderm
Surface ectoderm
Integumentary system Trichocyte · Keratinocyte
Nervous system anterior pituitary (Gonadotrope, Corticotrope, Thyrotrope, Somatotrope, Lactotroph )
Neural crest
Endocrine system Chromaffin cell · Parafollicular cell
Integumentary system Melanoblast → Melanocyte (Nevus cell)
Merkel cell
Teeth Odontoblast · Cementoblast
Nervous system glia: Schwann cell · Satellite glial cell
Eyes Corneal keratocyte
Digestive system Enterochromaffin cell
Neural tube
Nervous system
(Neural stem cell)
Neuroblast Neuron
Glioblast Oligodendrocyte progenitor → Oligodendrocyte · Astrocyte · Ependymal cell · Pinealocyte


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