ACTH

ACTH-producing tumor - This pituitary tumor, which also is called a basophilic adrenocorticotrophic hormone-secreting adenoma, overproduces adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH).
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ACTH is produced in the pituitary gland in response to the release of another hormone, called corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), by the hypothalamus.
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ACTH-producing tumors
These tumors make a hormone called adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), which stimulates the adrenal glands to make glucocorticoids. When the body makes too much ACTH, it causes Cushing's disease.
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ACTH may increase test measurements.
Birth control pills or progesterone may decrease test measurements.
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ACTH
Adrenocorticotropic hormone. Produced by the pituitary gland, which stimulates the adrenal glands to secrete hormones.
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serum ACTH, elevated
Further signs:
fasting glucose, elevated
serum potassium, low ...
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Corticotropin (ACTH)—Barbiturates may decrease the effects of these medicines ...
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- Stress released ACTH through the pituitary, which can raise blood pressure, stores sodium and excretes potassium. Water retention in the tissues is another result.
"Compare the opposite of Addison's Disease, which is "Cushing's Disease" (which see).
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ectoparasitic infestations; ectoparasitism; ectoperitonitis; ectophyte; ectopia; ectopia cloacae; ectopia cordis; ectopia lentis; ectopia maculae; ectopia pupillae congenita; ectopia renis; ectopia testis; ectopia vesicae; ectopic; ectopic ACTH ...
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CUSHING'S SYNDROME - An increased concentration of glucocorticoid hormone (ACTH) in the bloodstream that is being produced by an adrenal gland tumor (adenoma).
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The adrenal glands release their hormones into the blood in response to the level of the regulating hormone ACTH, produced by an organ at the base of the brain called the pituitary gland.
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Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) is a hormone that stimulates the adrenal glands (glands on the kidneys that produce hormones). ACTH triggers the adrenal glands to release a hormone called cortisol, which regulates metabolism and blood pressure.
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Endogenous (i.e., caused by something within the body) Cushing's syndrome may be caused by ACTH-producing tumors of the pituitary gland (a condition called Cushing's disease), malignant tumors of other organs that produce ACTH, ...
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ACTH (adrenocorticotropin hormone) which stimulates the adrenal glands to produce cortisol;
Thyrotropin which signals the thyroid gland to produce thyroid hormone;
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Drugs used include corticosteroids such as prednisone and methylprednisone; the hormone adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH); and azathioprine.
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It has recently been observed by many clinicians that children with LKS may respond to treatment with steroids or ACTH. This has greatly heightened interest in LKS by both parents and physicians alike.
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An anticancer drug used in treating adrenocortical cancer and ACTH-producing pituitary tumors (Cushing's disease).
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The amino acids are coupled by a peptide bond, a special linkage in which the nitrogen atom of one amino acid binds to the carboxyl carbon atom of another. Many peptides, such as the hormones vasopressin and ACTH, ...
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Some also possess varying degrees of glucocorticoidactivity. Their secretion is regulated principally by plasma volume, serum potassium concentration and angiotensin II and to a lesser extent by anterior pituitary ACTH.
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