title: Lack of direct inhibitory action of oxytocin on progesterone production by dispersed cells from human corpus luteum.
abstract: Suspensions of luteal cells were prepared from samples of human corpora lutea obtained during the luteal phase of menstrual cycles. Addition of oxytocin (1 mumol/l) to the various cell preparations had no effect on either basal production of progesterone or on steroidogenic responses to a range of concentrations of gonadotrophin.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000494:pharmacology; D003338:Corpus Luteum / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008183:Luteal Phase; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011374:Progesterone / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D011374:Progesterone; D010121:Oxytocin