High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Adrenocorticotropic hormone, also known as 'corticotropin', is a polypeptide tropic hormone produced and secreted by the anterior pituitary gland. It is an important component of the hypothalamic- pituitary-adrenal axis and is often produced in response to biological stress. Its principal effects are increased production and release of corticosteroids and, as its name suggests, cortisol from the adrenal cortex.

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