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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Peptide Hormones > Gonadotropins > Gonadotropins, Pituitary > Luteinizing Hormone
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Peptide Hormones > Gonadotropins > Gonadotropins, Pituitary > Luteinizing Hormone
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Peptide Hormones > Pituitary Hormones > Pituitary Hormones, Anterior > Gonadotropins, Pituitary > Luteinizing Hormone
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Peptide Hormones > Pituitary Hormones > Pituitary Hormones, Anterior > Gonadotropins, Pituitary > Luteinizing Hormone

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Luteinizing Hormone  

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Definition

  • A major gonadotropin secreted by the adenohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR). Luteinizing hormone regulates steroid production by the interstitial cells of the TESTIS and the OVARY. The preovulatory LUTEINIZING HORMONE surge in females induces OVULATION, and subsequent LUTEINIZATION of the follicle. LUTEINIZING HORMONE consists of two noncovalently linked subunits, alpha and beta. Within a species, the alpha subunit is common in the three pituitary glycoprotein hormones (TSH, LH and FSH), but the beta subunit is unique and confers its biological specificity.

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Entry terms

  • 9002-67-9
  • ICSH (Interstitial Cell Stimulating Hormone)
  • Interstitial Cell-Stimulating Hormone
  • LH (Luteinizing Hormone)
  • Luteinizing hormone
  • Lutropin

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In other languages

  • Hormone lutéinisante

    French

  • 9002-67-9
  • Gonadostimuline B
  • Hormone gonadotrope B
  • Hormone lutéinostimulante
  • Hormone stimulant les cellules interstitielles
  • LH (Luteinizing hormone)
  • Luteinizing hormone
  • Lutéotrophine
  • Lutéotropine
  • Lutropine

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