 Relaxin
"Relaxin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A water-soluble polypeptide (molecular weight approximately 8,000) extractable from the corpus luteum of pregnancy. It produces relaxation of the pubic symphysis and dilation of the uterine cervix in certain animal species. Its role in the human pregnant female is uncertain. (Dorland, 28th ed)
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D012065
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.334.734.769 D06.472.699.715 D12.644.548.762
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| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1990 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Relaxin" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Esteban-Lopez M, Wilson KJ, Myhr C, Kaftanovskaya EM, Henderson MJ, Southall NT, Xu X, Wang A, Hu X, Barnaeva E, Ye W, George ER, Sherrill JT, Ferrer M, Morello R, Agoulnik IU, Marugan JJ, Agoulnik AI. Discovery of small molecule agonists of the Relaxin Family Peptide Receptor 2. Commun Biol. 2022 11 04; 5(1):1183.
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