Relaxin's involvement in extracellular matrix homeostasis: Two diverse lines of evidence

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1160, Issue , 2009, Pages 329-335

  Cooney, Timothy E ^a   Schober, Justine M ^a   Lubahn, John D ^a   Konieczko, Elisa M ^b  

^a HAMOT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GANNON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Estrogen receptors; Ligament fibroblasts; Relaxin; RXFP1 receptors

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; COLLAGEN; HORMONE RECEPTOR; RELAXIN; RXFP1 RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE BINDING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; LIGAMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 64549154022     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2008.03801.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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