The discovery of progesterone (P4) and elucidation of the mechanisms of P4 action have an
important place in the history of endocrinology and reproduction. Circulating P4 …

Our objective is to overview the research that lead to the development of fertility programs for
high-producing lactating dairy cows using only GnRH and Prostaglandin F 2α (PGF 2α) …

The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of a second treatment with
prostaglandin F 2α (PGF) during Ovsynch on regression of the corpus luteum (CL) and on …

The corpus luteum is a small gland of great importance because its proper functioning
determines not only the appropriate course of the estrous/menstrual cycle and embryo …

Anovulation is a major cause of infertility, and it is the major leading reproductive disorder in
mammalian females. Without ovulation, an oocyte is not released from the ovarian follicle to …

The corpus luteum is an endocrine gland that synthesizes the steroid hormone
progesterone. luteinizing hormone (LH) is a key luteotropic hormone that stimulates …

We evaluated the effect of the antral follicle count (AFC) on ovarian follicular dynamics,
pregnancy rates, progesterone concentrations, and transcriptional patterns of genes in …

The early corpus luteum (CL)(before Day 6) does not regress after a single PGF 2α
treatment. We hypothesized that increasing PGF 2α dose or number of treatments would …

Circulating concentration of progesterone (P4) is determined by a balance between P4
production, primarily by corpus luteum (CL), and P4 metabolism, primarily by liver. The …

After ovulation, somatic cells of the ovarian follicle (theca and granulosa cells) become the
small and large luteal cells of the corpus luteum. Aside from known cell type-specific …