Relaxin and Related Peptides

1. The Evolution of the Relaxin Peptide Family and Their Receptors
Tracey N. Wilkinson, Ross A. D. Bathgate

2. Relaxin, the Relaxin-Like Factor and Their Receptors
Christian Schwabe, Erika E. Büllesbach

3. Diverse Signalling Mechanisms Used by Relaxin in Natural Cells and Tissues: The Evolution of a “Neohormone”
Richard Ivell, Kee Heng, Ravinder Anand-Ivell

4. Relaxin Physiology in the Female Reproductive Tract during Pregnancy
Laura J. Parry, Lenka A. Vodstrcil

5. Relaxin and Related Peptides in Male Reproduction
Alexander I. Agoulnik

6. The Vascular Actions of Relaxin
Arundhathi Jeyabalan, Sanjeev G. Shroff, Jaqueline Novak, Kirk P. Conrad

7. The Effects of Relaxin on Extracellular Matrix Remodeling in Health and Fibrotic Disease
Chrishan S. Samuel, Edna D. Lekgabe, Ishanee Mookerjee

8. 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

9. Relaxin-Family Peptide and Receptor Systems in Brain: Insights from Recent Anatomical and Functional Studies
Sherie Ma, Andrew L. Gundlach

Keywords: MEDICAL / Public Health MED078000