Corticotropic cell

Corticotropes (or corticotrophs) are basophilic cells in the anterior pituitary that produce melanocyte-stimulating hormone, adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and lipotropin.^[1] 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.

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Anterior	Pars intermedia Pars tuberalis Pars distalis Acidophil cell Somatotropic cell Prolactin cell Somatomammotrophic cell Basophil cell Corticotropic cell Gonadotropic cell Thyrotropic cell Chromophobe cell
Posterior	Pars nervosa Median eminence Stalk Pituicyte Herring bodies

Cortex	Zona glomerulosa Zona fasciculata Zona reticularis
Medulla	Chromaffin cell

Other

Skin	Trichocyte Keratinocyte
Anterior pituitary	Gonadotrope Corticotrope Thyrotrope Somatotrope Lactotroph

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

Central nervous system	Neuron Glia (Oligodendrocyte Astrocyte)
Ependyma	Ependymocytes
Pineal gland	Pinealocyte

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