title: Relaxin.
abstract: The author examines the investigative status of the peptide hormone relaxin, raising questions about and looking at the potential for the physiologic role of relaxin and the production of human relaxin for pharmacologic use.
mesh_terms: D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000378:metabolism; D001681:Biological Assay; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D003338:Corpus Luteum / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008183:Luteal Phase; D011247:Pregnancy; D011374:Progesterone / Q000378:metabolism; D012065:Relaxin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D011374:Progesterone; D012065:Relaxin