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DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-36696
Influence of Low- and High-Molecular-Weight Plasminogen Activators on the Onset of Labor and on the Hemostatic System
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Publikationsdatum:
21. Januar 2003 (online)
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ABSTRACT
Measurement of activities of urinary (u-PA) and tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) and analysis of euglobulin lysis times (ELTs) and prekallikrein were performed simultaneously using the plasma of normal pregnant women and nonpregnant women. The activities of plasminogen activators were determined by the method of electrophoretic zymography. The activity of low-molecular-weight (LMW) u-PA was significantly decreased at the onset of labor (p = 0.05) compared with that during the latter half of pregnancy. The same tendency was observed in the analysis of prekallikrein. On the contrary, no significance was shown in activities of high-molecular-weight (HMW) u-PA or t-PA. It is suggested that the action of kallikrein on low-molecular-weight u-PA causes it to change into plasmin at the onset of labor.
KEYWORD
Tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) - urinary plasminogen activator (u-PA) - zymography - hemostasis - onset of labor
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