somatotropin secreting cell differentiation

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Namesomatotropin secreting cell differentiation
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Biological process

Exact synonym

growth hormone secreting cell differentiation, somatotrophin secreting cell differentiation

Related synonym

somatotrope differentiation, somatotroph differentiation, somatotropic cell differentiation, somatrophic cell differentiation

Description

The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized structural and/or functional features of a somatotropin secreting cell. A somatotropin secreting cell is an acidophilic cell of the anterior pituitary that produces growth hormone, somatotropin.

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