Relaxin and Related Peptides

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Agoulnik, Alexander I. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 612
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Endocrinology.; Cell biology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Cell Biology.; Cancer Research.

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 signal...

Table of Contents:

• The Evolution of the Relaxin Peptide Family and Their Receptors
• Relaxin, the Relaxin-Like Factor and Their Receptors
• Diverse Signalling Mechanisms Used by Relaxin in Natural Cells and Tissues: The Evolution of a “Neohormone”
• Relaxin Physiology in the Female Reproductive Tract during Pregnancy
• Relaxin and Related Peptides in Male Reproduction
• The Vascular Actions of Relaxin
• The Effects of Relaxin on Extracellular Matrix Remodeling in Health and Fibrotic Disease
• Relaxin-Like Ligand-Receptor Systems Are Autocrine/Paracrine Effectors in Tumor Cells and Modulate Cancer Progression and Tissue Invasiveness
• Relaxin-Family Peptide and Receptor Systems in Brain: Insights from Recent Anatomical and Functional Studies.