"Luteolysis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Degradation of CORPUS LUTEUM. In the absence of pregnancy and diminishing trophic hormones, the corpus luteum undergoes luteolysis which is characterized by the involution and cessation of its endocrine function.
| Descriptor ID |
D003341
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G08.686.784.690.380
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| Concept/Terms |
Luteolysis- Luteolysis
- Corpus Luteum Regression
- Regression, Corpus Luteum
- Luteal Regression
- Regression, Luteal
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| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Luteolysis" by people in Profiles.
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Induction of chemokines and prostaglandin synthesis pathways in luteinized human granulosa cells: potential role of luteotropin withdrawal and prostaglandin F2a in regression of the human corpus luteum. Reprod Biol. 2015 Dec; 15(4):247-56.