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SUBMITTER: Xiao J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4915074 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xiao Jingbo J Huang Zaohua Z Chen Catherine Z CZ Agoulnik Irina U IU Southall Noel N Hu Xin X Jones Raisa E RE Ferrer Marc M Zheng Wei W Agoulnik Alexander I AI Marugan Juan J JJ
Nature communications 20130101
The anti-fibrotic, vasodilatory and pro-angiogenic therapeutic properties of recombinant relaxin peptide hormone have been investigated in several diseases, and recent clinical trial data has shown benefit in treating acute heart failure. However, the remodelling capacity of these peptide hormones is difficult to study in chronic settings because of their short half-life and the need for intravenous administration. Here we present the first small-molecule series of human relaxin/insulin-like fam ...[more]