促腎上腺皮質激素(英語:adrenocorticotropic hormone, ACTH)——或簡稱促皮質素(corticotropin)——是一種多肽促激素並分泌於腦垂體前葉[1],是下視丘-腦垂體-腎上腺皮質軸(hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis)中的重要化學物質。其主要作用是增加腎上腺皮質對皮質醇的分泌和釋放,ACTH也與許多生物體的晝夜節律有關。[2]
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