Proprotein convertase furin regulates apoptosis and proliferation of granulosa cells in the rat ovary.

Folliculogenesis is tightly controlled by a series of hormones, growth factors and cytokines, many of which are secreted as proproteins and require processing by proteases before becoming functional. Furin is a member of the subtilisin-like proteases that activate large numbers of proprotein substra...

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Main Authors: Xiaokui Yang, Qingxin Wang, Zhiying Gao, Zhi Zhou, Sha Peng, Wen-Lin Chang, Hai-Yan Lin, Weiyuan Zhang, Hongmei Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3572104?pdf=render