The Life Cycle of the Corpus Luteum
This book describes the life cycle of a unique endocrine gland that is absolutely essential for the establishment and maintenance of pregnancy in all mammalian species. The corpus luteum is unique because it is formed and destroyed every (non-fertile) re
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The Life Cycle of the Corpus Luteum
The Life Cycle of the Corpus Luteum
Rina Meidan Editor
The Life Cycle of the Corpus Luteum
Editor Rina Meidan The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture Food and Environment Department of Animal Sciences The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Rehovot, Jerusalem, Israel
ISBN 978-3-319-43236-6 ISBN 978-3-319-43238-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-43238-0
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Preface
In this book, The Life Cycle of the Corpus Luteum, we try to provide state-of-the-art knowledge of the corpus luteum, throughout its lifespan, in different species. The corpus luteum is a fascinating endocrine organ that is essential for fertility in mammals. Recent developments in understanding the lifespan of the corpus luteum provide new insights for reproductive biologists and also provide insights into tissue dynamics that translate to other research disciplines (e.g., developmental biology, vascular development, metabolic disorders, cancer). More research on the corpus luteum is needed to provide clinicians, veterinarians, researchers, and livestock producers with the information they require to successfully intervene in human, and other mammalian, fertility outcomes. The ovarian corpora lutea (yellow bodies) were first named by Marcello Malpighi and then described by Regnier de Graaf in the late 1600s. Two centuries later, Prenant suggested that the corpus luteum may serve as a gland that produces substances which regulate pregnancy. This observation was confirmed rapidly by several groups in the early 1900s, and the biologically active substance progesterone was crystallized and characterized nearly simultaneou
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