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Title Relaxin and related peptides / edited by Alexander I. Agoulnik
Published New York : Springer Science+Business Media ; Austin, Tex. : Landes Bioscience, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 142 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 612
Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 612.
Contents The evolution of the relaxin peptide family and their receptors / Tracey N. Wilkinson and Ross A.D. Bathgate -- Relaxin, the relaxin-like factor and their receptors / Christian Schwabe and Erika E. Büllesbach -- Diverse signalling mechanisms used by relaxin in natural cells and tissues: the evolution of a "neohormone" / Richard Ivell, Kee Heng and Ravinder Anand-Ivell -- Relaxin physiology in the female reproductive tract during pregnancy / Laura J. Parry and Lenka A. Vodstrcil
Relaxin and related peptides in male reproduction / Alexander I. Agoulnik -- The vascular actions of relaxin / Arundhathi Jeyabalan [and others] -- The effects of relaxin on extracellular matrix remodeling in health and fibrotic disease / Chrishan S. Samuel, Edna D. Lekgabe, and Ishanee Mookerjee -- Relaxin-like ligand-receptor systems: are autocrine/paracrine effectors in tumor cells and modulate cancer progression and tissue invasiveness / Thomas Klonisch [and others] -- Relaxin-family peptide and receptor systems in brain: insights from recent anatomical and functional studies / Sherie Ma and Andrew L. Gundlach
Summary Relaxin and Related Peptides discusses the established paradigms, the contradictions, and the most recent findings and future directions in the field of relaxin research. The array of diverse topics are highlighted, ranging from evolution of relaxin family peptides and receptors to their cell signaling, from the role of relaxin in reproduction to the newly discovered functions in cancer progression and in the nervous system. The four major ongoing areas of research described in this book will likely attract investigators for years to come, since many basic scientific questions remain unanswered at this time. The availability of structural databases, new experimental techniques, and high quality hormone preparations, antibodies and other reagents enable rigorous investigation. Relaxin and Related Peptides offers a fresh perspective along with different points of view, opinions and disagreements
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Relaxin.
Relaxin -- physiology
Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled -- physiology
Receptors, Peptide -- physiology
Relaxin
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Physical.
Relaxin
Form Electronic book
Author Agoulnik, Alexander I.
LC no. 2007035913
ISBN 9780387746722
0387746722