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luteolysis

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luteolysis /lu·te·ol·y·sis/ (-ol´ĭ-sis) degeneration of the corpus luteum.luteolyt´ic
lu·te·ol·y·sis (lt-l-ss)
n.
Degeneration or destruction of ovarian luteinized tissue.

luteolysis [loo″te-ol´ĭ-sis]
degeneration of corpus luteum.

luteolysis
regression of the corpus luteum.

premature luteolysis
results in nonseptic abortion in the bitch and queen.


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1988) wherein the concentration of estradiol 17p following luteolysis increased and reached to its peak value either a day before or on the day of oestrous.
TNF-[alpha] has been shown to be potent stimulator of PGF2a synthesis in bovine endothelial cells which in turn in involved in luteolysis (Blitek and Ziecik 2006) .
The data of spontaneous luteolysis were obtained from the ovulatory waves of oestrous cycles of experiment 1 (n = 12).
 
 
 
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