AmiGO 2: Term Details for "corticotropin secretion" (GO:0051458)

Accession: GO:0051458
Name: corticotropin secretion
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: ACTH secretion, adrenocorticotropic hormone secretion, adrenotropic hormone secretion, adrenotropin secretion, corticotropic hormone secretion, adrenocorticotropin secretion
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The regulated release of corticotropin by a cell. 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. Source: GOC:cjm, PMID:11027914
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0051458 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to corticotropin secretion (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to corticotropin secretion (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for corticotropin secretion (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
corticotropin secretion	is_a	peptide hormone secretion (GO:0030072)
corticotropin secretion	is_a	endocrine hormone secretion (GO:0060986)
corticotropin secretion	RO:0004009	corticotropin (CHEBI:3892)

subject	relation	object
regulation of corticotropin secretion (GO:0051459)	RO:0002211	corticotropin secretion
adrenocorticotropic hormone secreting cell (CL:0000467)	RO:0002215	corticotropin secretion
positive regulation of corticotropin secretion (GO:0051461)	RO:0002213	corticotropin secretion
negative regulation of corticotropin secretion (GO:0051460)	RO:0002212	corticotropin secretion

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