Sentences with phrase «luteal cells»

The large luteal cells produce 6 to 8 times the progesterone of the theca cells and aromatize androgens to estrogen.

By the end of the follicular phase, the luteinizing hormone surge results in ejection of the oocyte and transforms the remaining follicle into the corpus luteum; small and large luteal cells are formed from theca and granulosa cells, respectively.

Thyroid hormones have also been found to augment steroidogenesis from granulosa and large luteal cells.2