Organ or Tissue Function
luteinization
lu·te·in·i·za·tion [ loo-tee-uh-nahyz-ahy-shun ]
Subclass of:
Ovulation
Definitions related to luteinization:
  • Formation of CORPUS LUTEUM. This process includes capillary invasion of the ruptured OVARIAN FOLLICLE, hypertrophy of the GRANULOSA CELLS and the THECA CELLS, and the production of PROGESTERONE. Luteinization is regulated by LUTEINIZING HORMONE.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • The set of processes resulting in differentiation of theca and granulosa cells into luteal cells and in the formation of a corpus luteum after ovulation.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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