This Hormone Has Been Relaxin' Too Long!
- 25 January 2002
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 295 (5555), 637-638
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1069234
Abstract
The hormone relaxin is known to be important in pregnancy but its receptor has long remained elusive. In a Perspective, Ivell discusses the identification of receptors for relaxin and its close relative relaxin-like factor ( Hsu et al.), and the finding that relaxin is far more than just a reproductive hormone.Keywords
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