"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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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Relaxin" by people in Profiles.
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Association Between Serum Relaxin and Subsequent Shoulder Instability. Orthopedics. 2016 Jul 01; 39(4):e724-8.
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Relaxin-2 and Soluble Flt1 Levels in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: Results of the Multicenter IPAC Study. JACC Heart Fail. 2016 05; 4(5):380-8.
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Relationship of relaxin hormone and thumb carpometacarpal joint arthritis. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2014 Apr; 472(4):1130-7.
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Relationship of serum relaxin to generalized and trapezial-metacarpal joint laxity. J Hand Surg Am. 2013 Apr; 38(4):721-8.
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Serum relaxin levels in young athletic men are comparable with those in women. Orthopedics. 2013 Feb; 36(2):128-31.
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Relaxin concentrations in serum and urine of endangered and crazy mixed-up species. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2009 Apr; 1160:179-85.
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The influence of ligamentous laxity and gender: implications for hand surgeons. J Hand Surg Am. 2009 Jan; 34(1):161-3.
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An emerging role for relaxin as a renal vasodilator. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2006 Nov; 17(11):2960-1.
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X-ray structure of human relaxin at 1.5 A. Comparison to insulin and implications for receptor binding determinants. J Mol Biol. 1991 Sep 05; 221(1):15-21.