corticotropin

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corticotropin

Summary

corticotropin is a medication[1]. corticotropin ranks in the top 8% of medication entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (620 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • corticotropin's instance of is recorded as medication[3].
  • corticotropin's instance of is recorded as biopharmaceutical[4].
  • corticotropin's instance of is recorded as peptide hormone[5].
  • corticotropin's instance of is recorded as protein fragment[6].
  • corticotropin's physically interacts with is recorded as melanocortin 2 receptor[7].
  • corticotropin is a type of biogenic peptide[8].
  • corticotropin is part of CYP11B1 oxidises 11DCORT[9].
  • corticotropin is part of Androgen biosynthesis[10].
  • corticotropin is part of STAT3-upregulated extracellular proteins [extracellular region][11].
  • corticotropin is part of G alpha (s) signalling events[12].
  • corticotropin is part of GPCR ligand binding[13].
  • corticotropin is part of Corticotropin cleavage from POMC[14].
  • corticotropin is part of Defective ACTH causes obesity and POMCD[15].
  • corticotropin is part of corticotropin receptor activity[16].
  • corticotropin is part of corticotropin secretion[17].
  • corticotropin is part of proopiomelanocortin[18].
  • corticotropin comprises alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone[19].
  • corticotropin comprises corticotropin-like intermediate peptide[20].
  • corticotropin's encoded by is recorded as POMC[21].
  • corticotropin's found in taxon is recorded as Homo sapiens[22].
  • corticotropin's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[23].
  • corticotropin's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C212[24].
  • corticotropin's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ACTH'}[25].
  • corticotropin's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'АКТГ'}[26].
  • corticotropin's medical condition treated is recorded as infantile epileptic encephalopathy[27].

Why It Matters

corticotropin ranks in the top 8% of medication entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (620 views/month).[2] corticotropin has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] corticotropin is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . DrugBank. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . DrugBank. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Q905695. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Open Targets Platform. Retrieved . platform.opentargets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Inxight: Drugs Database. Retrieved . drugs.ncats.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Active ingredient in Acthar
    Found in taxon Homo sapiens
    Physically interacts with melanocortin 2 receptor
    Instance of medication, biopharmaceutical, peptide hormone +1
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007293953205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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