Term 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
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

Relationships
is part of: adenohypophysis development
has parts: thyroid-stimulating hormone-secreting cell development
is a type of: forebrain neuron differentiation glandular epithelial cell differentiation neuroendocrine cell differentiation