Corticotropin-like intermediate peptide (CLIP) is a short neuropeptide secreted by the corticotrope cells of the adenohypophysis. A neuropeptide is any of the variety of Peptides found in Neural tissue; e Corticotropes (or corticotrophs are cells in the Anterior pituitary which produce Adrenocorticotrophic hormone and Melanocyte stimulating hormone The anterior pituitary (also called the adenohypophysis, from Greek adeno, "gland" hypo, "under" physis, "growth" Its precursor is ACTH, whose precursor is in turn proopiomelanocortin. Adrenocorticotropic hormone ( ACTH or corticotropin) is a Polypeptide Hormone produced and secreted by the Pituitary gland Pro-opiomelanocortin ( POMC) is a precursor Polypeptide with 241 Amino acid residues