Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Relaxin and Related Peptides

  • Book
  • © 2007

Overview

Editors:
  1. Alexander I. Agoulnik

    1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA

    View editor publications

    You can also search for this editor in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • Is intended to show the established paradigms and the contradictions, the most recent findings and the future directions in the field of relaxin research

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 612)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
    Download chapter PDF

  2. The Evolution of the Relaxin Peptide Family and Their Receptors

    • Tracey N. Wilkinson, Ross A. D. Bathgate
    Pages 1-13

  3. Relaxin, the Relaxin-Like Factor and Their Receptors

    • Christian Schwabe, Erika E. Büllesbach
    Pages 14-25

  4. Diverse Signalling Mechanisms Used by Relaxin in Natural Cells and Tissues: The Evolution of a “Neohormone”

    • Richard Ivell, Kee Heng, Ravinder Anand-Ivell
    Pages 26-33

  5. Relaxin Physiology in the Female Reproductive Tract during Pregnancy

    • Laura J. Parry, Lenka A. Vodstrcil
    Pages 34-48

  6. Relaxin and Related Peptides in Male Reproduction

    • Alexander I. Agoulnik
    Pages 49-64

  7. The Vascular Actions of Relaxin

    • Arundhathi Jeyabalan, Sanjeev G. Shroff, Jaqueline Novak, Kirk P. Conrad
    Pages 65-87

  8. The Effects of Relaxin on Extracellular Matrix Remodeling in Health and Fibrotic Disease

    • Chrishan S. Samuel, Edna D. Lekgabe, Ishanee Mookerjee
    Pages 88-103

  9. Relaxin-Like Ligand-Receptor Systems Are Autocrine/Paracrine Effectors in Tumor Cells and Modulate Cancer Progression and Tissue Invasiveness

    • Thomas Klonisch, Joanna Bialek, Yvonne Radestock, Cuong Hoang-Vu, Sabine Hombach-Klonisch
    Pages 104-118

  10. Relaxin-Family Peptide and Receptor Systems in Brain: Insights from Recent Anatomical and Functional Studies

    • Sherie Ma, Andrew L. Gundlach
    Pages 119-137

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 139-142
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA

    Alexander I. Agoulnik

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Relaxin and Related Peptides

  • Editors: Alexander I. Agoulnik

  • Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74672-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2007

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-74670-8Published: 29 November 2007

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-2566-4Published: 29 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-74672-2Published: 19 December 2008

  • Series ISSN: 0065-2598

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 142

  • Number of Illustrations: 40 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Endocrinology, Cell Biology, Cancer Research

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation