Relaxin: Exploring the antifibrotic potential of a pregnancy hormone

Kidney International

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 405-406

  Gaedeke, Jens ^a   Peters, Harm ^a,b  

^a Humboldt University ^*

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Inflammation; Relaxin

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; RELAXIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; EDITORIAL; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; LUNG FIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; FIBROSIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; NOTE; PATHOLOGY;

FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; PREGNANCY; RELAXIN;

EID: 24944523362     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00462.x     Document Type: Editorial

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