| Name: |
thyroid-stimulating hormone-secreting cell differentiation |
| Synonyms: |
beta-basophil differentiation,
thyroid stimulating hormone secreting cell differentiation,
thyrotrope differentiation,
thyrotroph differentiation,
TSH-secreting cell differentiation
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| Definition: |
The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized structural and/or functional features of a thyroid-stimulating hormone-secreting cell. A thyroid-stimulating hormone-secreting cell is a basophil cell of the anterior pituitary that produces thyroid-stimulating hormone, thyrotrophin. |
| Ontology: |
GO: Biological Process [GO:0060129]
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