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Thyrotropic cell

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Thyrotropes (also called thyrotrophs) are endocrine cells in the anterior pituitary which produce thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) in response to thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH). Thyrotropes consist around 5% of the anterior pituitary lobe cells.

Thyrotropes appear basophilic in histological preparations.


See also

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• Anterior pituitary
• Hormone
• List of human cell types derived from the germ layers

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