Thyrotropic cell

Thyrotropic cell
Thyrotropic cell
Details
Location	Anterior pituitary
Function	Thyroid stimulating hormone secretion
Identifiers
MeSH	D052684
TH	H3.08.02.2.00005
	Anatomical terms of microanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

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.^[1] Thyrotropes comprise around 5% of the anterior pituitary lobe cells.^[2]

Thyrotropes appear basophilic in histological preparations.

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