Relaxin and related peptides:Fourth International Conference

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Corporate Authors: International Conference on Relaxin & Related Peptides (4th 2004 Moran, Wyo.)
Group Author: Sherwood Orrin David, 1936-; Fields Phillip A.; Steinetz Bernard G.
Published: New York Academy of Sciences,
Publisher Address: New York, N.Y.
Publication Dates: c2005.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, ; v. 1041
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Carrier Form: xxxv, 544 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
Publication Frequency: Also available via the World Wide Web.
ISBN: 1573314846 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781573314848 (cloth : alk. paper)
1573314854 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781573314855 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Index Number: Q516
CLC: Q516-532
Q57-532
Call Number: Q57-532/I613/2004
Contents: "This volume is the result of a conference entitled Relaxin 2004: Fourth International Conference on Relaxin and Related Peptides, held on September 5-10, 2004 in Moran, Wyoming" -- Contents p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Structure/activity aspects of relaxin, relaxin-related peptides, and their receptors -- Actions of relaxin: reproductive tissues during pregnancy -- Actions of relaxin: reproductive tissues in nonpregnant animals -- Actions of relaxin in nonreproductive tissues: hemodynamic, osmoregulatory, and antifibrotic -- Actions of relaxin in nonreproductive tissues: central actions -- Relaxin-induced signal transduction: interaction of relaxin and steroid signaling -- Relaxin-induced signal transduction: relaxin stimulates multiple signal transduction pathways -- Clinical aspects of relaxin: pregnancy -- Clinical aspects of relaxin: connective tissue -- Clinical aspects of relaxin: ischemia/allergic response/cancer -- Physiologic roles of INSL3 -- Evolution of signaling systems in relaxin family peptides.