decidualization

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Changes in response to progesterone that include the eosinophilic proliferation around arterioles after ovulation or progesterone action on endometrium.

Note: Decidualization increases glandularepithelial secretion, stimulates glycogen accumulation in stromal cell cytoplasm, and promotes stromal vascularity (spiral arterioles) and edema.
Source:
PAC, 2016, 88, 713. (Glossary of terms used in developmental and reproductive toxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2016)) on page 742 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'decidualization' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.10590 RIS BibTex EndNote
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