Trophic hormone

Trophic hormone is a hormone that has a growth effect, hyperplasia or hypertrophy, on the tissue it is stimulating. The term is from Ancient Greek (trophikós) meaning "pertaining to food or nourishment", here used to mean "growth"; this is the same origin as atrophy. This should not be confused with , as in the similar-sounding tropic hormone – the words and concepts are both unrelated.

A key example of this is thyroid-stimulating hormone stimulating the thyroid; excess thyroid-stimulating hormone can create a goitre.

Trophic hormones from the anterior pituitary include:

Gastrin is a trophic hormone that causes hyperplasia of enterochromaffin cells which may transform into carcinoid tumors.

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