In response to luteinizing hormone (LH) and progesterone, prostaglandins and proteolytic enzymes (such as collagenase and plasmin) increase and digest collagen in the follicular wall, leading to the release of the oocyte-cumulus complex.

Authors

• Person: Feingold KR, Adler RA, Ahmed SF Organization: National Center for Biotechnology Information
  The Normal Menstrual Cycle and the Control of Ovulation - NCBI - NIH

Sources

• The Normal Menstrual Cycle and the Control of Ovulation - NCBI - NIH www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Feingold KR, Adler RA, Ahmed SF · National Center for Biotechnology Information via serper

Referenced by nodes (4)

• luteinizing hormone (LH) concept
• progesterone concept
• prostaglandins concept
• protease concept