Expression of the plasminogen system in the physiological mouse ovary and in the pathological polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) state

• Main Authors: Genia F. Burchall (Author), Dodie S. Pouniotis (Author), Helena J. Teede (Author), Sanjeeva Ranasinha (Author), Kirsty A. Walters (Author), Terrence J. Piva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The fibrinolytic system and its inhibitors play a number of roles, apart from their function in blood haemostasis and thrombosis, namely in ovarian folliculogenesis and in ovulation. Plasminogen is converted to active plasmin at the time of follicular rupture through a decrease i...