Term Name: | thyroid-stimulating hormone-secreting cell differentiation |
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Synonyms: | beta-basophil differentiation, thyroid stimulating hormone secreting cell differentiation, thyrotrope differentiation, thyrotroph differentiation, TSH-secreting cell differentiation |
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] QuickGO AmiGO |