Term Information

Accession
GO:0051458
Name
corticotropin secretion
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
ACTH secretion, adrenocorticotropic hormone secretion, adrenotropic hormone secretion, adrenotropin secretion, corticotropic hormone secretion, adrenocorticotropin secretion
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The regulated release of corticotropin by a cell. Corticotropin hormone is a polypeptide hormone synthesized and secreted from corticotropes in the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland in response to corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) released by the hypothalamus. Source: GOC:cjm, PMID:11027914
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0051458 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of corticotropin secretion (GO:0051458)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
corticotropin secretion [is_a relation] is_a  endocrine hormone secretion (GO:0060986)
corticotropin secretion [is_a relation] is_a  peptide hormone secretion (GO:0030072)
Children of corticotropin secretion (GO:0051458)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
regulation of corticotropin secretion (GO:0051459) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  corticotropin secretion
negative regulation of corticotropin secretion (GO:0051460) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  corticotropin secretion
positive regulation of corticotropin secretion (GO:0051461) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  corticotropin secretion
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