corticotropin secretion

id: GO:0051458
name: corticotropin secretion
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The regulated release of corticotropin, by a cell or group of cells. 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.

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