title: Obligatory role of luteinizing hormone (LH) in the initiation of preovulatory follicular growth in the pregnant rat: specific effects of human chorionic gonadotropin and follicle-stimulating of hormone on LH receptors and steroidogenesis in theca, granulosa, and luteal cells.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000378:metabolism*; D006107:Granulosa Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D007700:Kinetics; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000502:physiology*; D006080:Ovarian Follicle / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D011974:Receptors, LH; D013799:Theca Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011974:Receptors, LH; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone