"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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Stoelk E, Chegini N, Lei ZM, Rao CV, Bryant-Greenwood G, Sanfilippo J. Immunocytochemical localization of relaxin in human corpora lutea: cellular and subcellular distribution and dependence on reproductive state. Biol Reprod. 1991 Jun; 44(6):1140-7.