• Source: Thyrotropic cell

Thyrotropic cells (also called thyrotropes, or thyrotrophs) are endocrine cells in the anterior pituitary which produce thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) in response to thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) from the hypothalamus. Thyrotropes comprise around 5% of the anterior pituitary lobe cells.
Thyrotropes appear basophilic in histological preparations.




See also


Anterior pituitary
Hormone
List of human cell types derived from the germ layers
List of distinct cell types in the adult human body




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