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Heart Disease and Relaxin: New Actions for an Old Hormone.
- Source :
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Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM [Trends Endocrinol Metab] 2018 May; Vol. 29 (5), pp. 338-348. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Mar 08. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- The hormone relaxin has long been recognized for its involvement in maternal adaptation during pregnancy. However, discoveries during the past two decades on the mechanism of action of relaxin, its family of receptors, and newly described roles in attenuating ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury, inflammation, and arrhythmias have prompted vast interest in exploring its therapeutic potential in cardiovascular disease. These observations inspired recently concluded clinical trials in patients with acute heart failure. This review discusses our current understanding of the protective signaling pathways elicited by relaxin in the heart, and highlights important new breakthroughs about relaxin signaling that may pave the way to more carefully designed future trials.<br /> (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1879-3061
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 29526354
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tem.2018.02.008