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Cells > Epithelial Cells > Melanotrophs
Cells > Endocrine Cells > Melanotrophs
Endocrine System > Endocrine Glands > Pituitary Gland > Pituitary Gland, Intermediate > Melanotrophs
... > Nervous System > Neurosecretory Systems > Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System > Pituitary Gland > Pituitary Gland, Intermediate > Melanotrophs
... > Endocrine System > Neurosecretory Systems > Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System > Pituitary Gland > Pituitary Gland, Intermediate > Melanotrophs
... > Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Limbic System > Hypothalamus > Hypothalamus, Middle > Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System > Pituitary Gland > Pituitary Gland, Intermediate > Melanotrophs
... > Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Prosencephalon > Diencephalon > Hypothalamus > Hypothalamus, Middle > Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System > Pituitary Gland > Pituitary Gland, Intermediate > Melanotrophs

Preferred term

Melanotrophs  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Melanotropin-Producing Cell, Pituitary
  • Melanotropin-Producing Cells, Pituitary
  • MSH-Producing Cells, Pituitary
  • Pituitary Melanotropin-Producing Cell
  • Pituitary Melanotropin Producing Cells
  • Pituitary Melanotropin-Producing Cells
  • Pituitary MSH-Producing Cell
  • Pituitary MSH Producing Cells
  • Pituitary MSH-Producing Cells

Scope note

  • Neuroendocrine cells in the INTERMEDIATE LOBE OF PITUITARY. They produce MELANOCYTE STIMULATING HORMONES and other peptides from the post-translational processing of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC).

History note

  • 2007

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D052717

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