The expression of tumor necrosis factor-alpha, its receptors and steroidogenic acute regulatory protein during corpus luteum regression

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Corpus luteum (CL) regression is known to occur as two parts; functional regression when steroidogenesis declines and structural regression when apoptosis is induced. Previous studies suggest this process occurs by the production of...

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Main Authors: Arfuso Frank, Hisheh Susan, Abdo Michael, Dharmarajan Arun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-11-01
Series:Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology
Online Access:http://www.rbej.com/content/6/1/50