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Preferred term

Adrenocorticotropic Hormone  

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Entry terms

  • 1-39 ACTH
  • ACTH
  • ACTH (1-39)
  • Adrenocorticotrophic Hormone
  • Adrenocorticotropin
  • Corticotrophin
  • Corticotrophin (1-39)
  • Corticotropin
  • Corticotropin (1-39)
  • Hormone, Adrenocorticotrophic

Scope note

  • An anterior pituitary hormone that stimulates the ADRENAL CORTEX and its production of CORTICOSTEROIDS. ACTH is a 39-amino acid polypeptide of which the N-terminal 24-amino acid segment is identical in all species and contains the adrenocorticotrophic activity. Upon further tissue-specific processing, ACTH can yield ALPHA-MSH and corticotrophin-like intermediate lobe peptide (CLIP).

History note

  • 2007, 1987-1993 (1963)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000324

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