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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Peptide Hormones > Pituitary Hormones > Pituitary Hormones, Anterior > Thyrotropin
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Peptide Hormones > Pituitary Hormones > Pituitary Hormones, Anterior > Thyrotropin

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Thyrotropin  

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  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A glycoprotein hormone secreted by the adenohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR). Thyrotropin stimulates THYROID GLAND by increasing the iodide transport, synthesis and release of thyroid hormones (THYROXINE and TRIIODOTHYRONINE). Thyrotropin consists of two noncovalently linked subunits, alpha and beta. Within a species, the alpha subunit is common in the pituitary glycoprotein hormones (TSH; LUTEINIZING HORMONE and FSH), but the beta subunit is unique and confers its biological specificity.

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Entry terms

  • 9002-71-5
  • Thyreotropin
  • Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone
  • Thyrotrophin
  • TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone)

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  • Thyréostimuline

    French

  • 9002-71-5
  • Hormone thyréotrope
  • Thyréotrophine
  • Thyréotropine
  • Thyrotrophine
  • Thyrotropin
  • Thyrotropine
  • TSH (Thyroid-stimulating hormone)

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