Lymphatic involvement in the disappearance of steroidogenic cells from the corpus luteum during luteolysis.

In mammals, the corpus luteum (CL) is an essential endocrine gland for the establishment and maintenance of pregnancy. If pregnancy is not established, the CL regresses and disappears rapidly from the ovary. A possible explanation for the rapid disappearance of the CL is that luteal cells are transp...

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Main Authors: Hironori Abe, Mohamad Omar Al-zi'abi, Fumio Sekizawa, Tomas J Acosta, Dariusz J Skarzynski, Kiyoshi Okuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3930584?pdf=render