prolactin secreting cell differentiation

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Nameprolactin secreting cell differentiation
IDGO_0060127
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Biological process

Exact synonym

epsilon-acidophil differentiation, lactotrope differentiation, lactotroph differentiation, lactotropic cell differentiation, mammotrope differentiation, mammotroph differentiation, mammotrophic cell differentiation, mammotropic cell differentiation

Description

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

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