prolactin secreting cell differentiation
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The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized structural and/or functional features of a prolactin secreting cell. A prolactin secreting cell is an acidophilic cell of the anterior pituitary that produces prolactin. [ GOC:dph ]
Synonyms: mammotroph differentiation lactotroph differentiation mammotropic cell differentiation mammotrophic cell differentiation mammotrope differentiation lactotrope differentiation lactotropic cell differentiation epsilon-acidophil differentiation
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- cell differentiation
- results in acquisition of features of some prolactin secreting cell
- part of some adenohypophysis development