Abstract
Relaxin is a peptide hormone of the insulin family with pleiotropic effects [1]. While the physiological role of relaxin during human reproduction has been studied for many years, very recent findings indicate that due to its vasodilatory, cardioprotective, chronotropic, and central hemodynamic properties, relaxin may also have important implications on the cardiovascular system [2, 3].
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Armbruster, F.P. et al. (2001). A highly sensitive homologous human relaxin ELISA. In: Tregear, G.W., Ivell, R., Bathgate, R.A., Wade, J.D. (eds) Relaxin 2000. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2877-5_46
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