"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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Below are the most recent publications written about "Luteolysis" by people in Profiles.
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Systemic but not intraovarian concentrations of insulin-like growth factor-I are affected by short-term fasting. Biol Reprod. 1992 May; 46(5):920-5.
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Concentrations of insulin-like growth factor I and steroids in follicular fluid of preovulatory bovine ovarian follicles: effect of daily injections of a growth hormone-releasing factor analog and(or) thyrotropin-releasing hormone. J Anim Sci. 1991 Mar; 69(3):1133-9.
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Changes in serum LH, progesterone, and specific binding of 125I-hCG to luteal cells during regression and development of bovine corpora lutea. Biol Reprod. 1981 Nov; 25(4):832-41.