Thyrotrope
| Thyrotropic cell | |
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| Code | TH H3.08.02.2.00005 |
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Anatomical terminology
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Thyrotropes (also called thyrotrophs) are endocrine cells in the anterior pituitary which produce thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) in response to thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH). Thyrotropes consist around 5% of the anterior pituitary lobe cells.
Thyrotropes appear basophilic in histological preparations.
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