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LUTEINIZING HORMONE

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Meaning:

A gonadotropic hormone that is secreted by the anterior pituitary; stimulates ovulation in female mammals and stimulates androgen release in male mammals

Synonyms:

ICSH; interstitial cell-stimulating hormone; LH; luteinizing hormone

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("luteinizing hormone" is a kind of...):

gonadotrophic hormone; gonadotrophin; gonadotropic hormone; gonadotropin (hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity)

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 Context examples: 

Mimicking the negative feedback mechanism of testosterone, nandrolone decanoate also suppresses the secretion of luteinizing hormone (LH).

(Nandrolone Decanoate, NCI Thesaurus)

A water-soluble, positively charged fusion protein consisting of a luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) receptor-targeting ligand conjugated to the membrane-disrupting peptide CLIP 71 with membrane-disrupting and potential antineoplastic activities.

(Membrane-Disrupting Peptide EP-100, NCI Thesaurus)

Ethinyl estradiol and norgestimate act by negative feed back mechanism at pituitary gland suppressing the release of gonadotropin hormones follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH).

(Ethinyl Estradiol/Norgestimate, NCI Thesaurus)

The release of luteinizing hormone (LH) is also inhibited, thus preventing ovulation.

(Ethinyl Estradiol/Norgestrel, NCI Thesaurus)

The combination of ethinyl estradiol with drospirenone suppresses the hypothalamic-pituitary system, leading to an inhibition of the release of gonadotropin hormones follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH).

(Drospirenone/Ethinyl Estradiol, NCI Thesaurus)

This eventually leads to an inhibition of gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) secretion from the hypothalamus and a subsequent inhibition of luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) release.

(Desogestrel, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent also exerts progestational agonist properties at the level of the pituitary that reduce luteinizing hormone (LH), resulting in reductions in testicular androgen secretion and serum testosterone levels.

(Cyproterone acetate, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent causes the release of the pituitary gonadotropins follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH), leading to ovulation.

(Clomiphene, NCI Thesaurus)

Ethinyl estradiol inhibits the release of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), thus suppressing the development of ovarian follicle; levonorgestrel inhibits the release of luteinizing hormone (LH), thus preventing ovulation.

(Ethinyl Estradiol/Levonorgestrel, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration of GTx-758, this agent suppresses the secretion of the gonadotropins follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) by the pituitary gland through feedback inhibition.

(Estrogen Receptor Agonist GTx-758, NCI Thesaurus)