"Cosyntropin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A synthetic peptide that is identical to the 24-amino acid segment at the N-terminal of ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE. ACTH (1-24), a segment similar in all species, contains the biological activity that stimulates production of CORTICOSTEROIDS in the ADRENAL CORTEX.
| Descriptor ID |
D003366
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.699.327.935.531.500.200 D06.472.699.631.525.600.531.500.200 D12.644.400.400.935.531.500.200 D12.644.548.365.935.531.500.200 D12.644.548.691.525.690.531.500.200 D12.776.631.650.405.935.531.500.200
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| Concept/Terms |
Cosyntropin- Cosyntropin
- ACTH 1-24
- Corticotropin (1-24)-Peptide
- Corticotropin (1-24)-Tetracosapeptide
- ACTH (1-24)
- Tetracosactide
- Tetracosactrin
- Tetracosapeptide
- 1-24-Corticotropin
- 1-24-ACTH
- Synthetic ACTH
- ACTH, Synthetic
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cosyntropin" by people in Profiles.
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Performance of Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate and Baseline Cortisol in Assessing Adrenal Insufficiency. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2025 Aug 07; 110(9):e3117-e3124.
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American Association of Endocrine Surgeons Guidelines for Adrenalectomy: Executive Summary. JAMA Surg. 2022 10 01; 157(10):870-877.
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Primary adrenal insufficiency masking as an adrenal B-cell lymphoma. BMJ Case Rep. 2022 Sep 27; 15(9).
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US practitioner opinions and prescribing practices regarding corticosteroid therapy for severe sepsis and septic shock. J Crit Care. 2012 Aug; 27(4):351-61.
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Critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency in cancer patients. Support Care Cancer. 2012 Jun; 20(6):1159-67.
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Glucose intolerance in a large cohort of mediterranean women with polycystic ovary syndrome: phenotype and associated factors. Diabetes. 2004 Sep; 53(9):2353-8.
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Modulation of the immune response by proopiomelanocortin derived peptides. II. Influence of adrenocorticotropic hormone on the rise in intracellular free calcium concentration after T cell activation. Brain Behav Immun. 1988 Mar; 2(1):57-66.